For a year he worked in Kražiai as a private teacher, before enrolling into the Art and Literature Department of Vilnius University.
[8] Stanevičius lived in an era of rising Romanticism, but his works are more Realistic due to his close contacts with the peasantry.
[6] His unfinished manuscript, written in Polish, on Lithuanian history was titled: Wyjaśnienie Mythologii Litewskiej, zawartej w dziełach Hartknocha, Stryjkowskiego, Łasickiego, tudzież w słownikach litewskich Szyrwida, Ruhiga i Mieleckiego.
[9] It was partially published only in 1893 and fully in 1967, but is significant as the first critical history of Lithuania and first scholarly analysis of the Lithuanian mythology.
[4] In contrast to Dionizas Poška or Simonas Daukantas, who searched for glorious and idealized history, Stanevičius carefully studied, validated, and cited his sources, remaining truthful to the facts, and was not afraid to reject romantic legends.