Szymon Szymonowic (in

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, Simon Simonides; in

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, Շիմոն Շիմոնովիչ; also, in

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, "Szymonowicz" and "Bendoński"; born Lwów, 24 October 1558 – died 5 May 1629, Czarnięcin, near

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) was a Polish

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. He was known as "the Polish

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Life

Szymonowic studied in Poland ( Lwów,

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), France and Belgium. From 1586 he was associated with

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and Royal Chancellor

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, with whom in 1593–1605 he organized the

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. In 1590 he was elevated to the nobility ('' szlachta''), with Kościesza coat-of-arms. A humanist fluent in

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and

, Szymonowic wrote in Polish ''Sielanki'' (Pastorals, 1614), a work influenced by the pastoral poems of

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and

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. He also wrote plays in

, e.g., ''Castus Joseph'' (1587) and ''Pentesilea'' (1614). Szymonowic is considered the last great poet of the

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. He was acquainted with the Scottish Latinist Thomas Seget of Seton (1569 or 1570–1627).Otakar Odlozilik, "Thomas Seget: a Scottish Friend of Szymon Szymonowic," ''

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'', vol. 11, no. 1, 1966.

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