LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Aurelijus Prūdencijus (Prudencijus) Klementas; Epicedijas; Epicedijas (laidotuvių giesmė); Epika; Jonas Radvanas; Literatūra, XVI a.; Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis; Neolatynistyka; Neolotynistika; Publijus Vergilijus Maronas; Radviliada; „Radviliada“; Aurelius Prudentius Clemens; Epic poetry; Epicedium; Epicedium (funeral ode or hymn); Jan Radwan; Jonas Radvanas; Lithuanian literature, 16th century; Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis (Mikolaj Radziwill the Red); Neo-Latin studies; Publius Vergilius Maro; Radivilias; „Radivilias“.
ENThe study is concerned with the 4th book of an epic poem entitled: Radivilias sive de vita et rebus praeclarissime gestis immortalis memoriae illustrissimi principis Nicolai Radivili […] libri quattuor (Vilnius, 1592) by Jan Radwan. The book, which has a literary shape of epicedium, portrays in a panegyric manner Mikołaj Radziwiłł, the Red struggling against Ivan, the Terrible during the Livonian War. Radziwiłł appears as an ideal ruler and citizen, gifted military commander and a person respected for his bravery, moral strength and honour. His virtues are described according to both the ancient system of moral principles and Christian science of morals. [From the publication]