1)The work of the humanist Alfonso de Palencia, recognized by the Hispanic medievalists for its historical and cultural value. It has been the subject of a new research dynamic for several years. 2)The "Dossier de la SEMYR" gathers nine articles propose a common approach of the language and the textual features of the universal history.

This issue of the Aitia-journal collects the proceedings of an unprecedented workshop on the language of Apollonius of Rhodes. If the Alexandrian literature knew a revival of interest for a few decades, the attention which one paid to the language used by the Alexandrian poets remains still very weak. Here is asked the question of linguistic study