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Introduction
initsvariousaspects.Textsonmodernmedia,thatisWorldWideWebasanob-
jectofforemostanduppermostconcern,closethevolume.KonradDominasin
“MechanismsofAncientLiteratureReceptioninDigitalMedia…”dealswiththe
problemofhowdigitaladvertismentandsearchenginessteer,directandlimitthe
broadpublic’sinterestinthemeslinkedwithGreco-Romanworld,whilePatrycja
Matusiakin“HannibalGoestoRomeasanExampleofHowAntiquityisReceived
inNewMedia”coversthefieldoftheInternetcomicsprojects.Finally,Katarzyna
Kołakowskain“PoeticsbyAristotleversusDogme95…”veerstowardsamore
traditionalmedium,thatisfilm.
Theauthorsdidnotdeemimportanttoverbalizetheoreticalanswerstothe
questionwhatqualitiesthepresenceofancientmotifsinotherlanguages,cul-
turesandepochsmaybedescribedwith,sotheydidnotformapreciseopinion
whethertheancientparadigmsweretakeninwithoutreshapingtheircontentand
meaningorwhethertherecipientswhilere-readingthemessagere-modelledits
meaning.Inotherwords,whichofthetwopatternsofculturalcontinuityseems
moreplausible:thetraditioninterpretedasatransitionoftheunchangedheritage
intothenewhandsorareception,whichpresupposesanimpactoftheaudienceon
thelegacytheyareinchargeofasco-authors.Nonetheless,afterhavingfinished
readingallthearticles,oneispersuadedtopresumethatthelatter,hermeneutical,
optionseemstobetterexpressintuitionsofthewriters.Sotheconceptofancient
traditionasasocio-culturalinstitutioncanbeaccuratelydefinedasaplaywith
thepastthatisbeingintermittentlyre-modeledandenriched.Toputitsimply,
atraditionisareception.
TomaszSapota
