Joachim Latacz

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Joachim Latacz at the Federal Congress of the German Classical Philology Association 2010 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Joachim Latacz (born April 4, 1934 in Katowice ) is a German classical philologist .

Life and research

Joachim Latacz passed his Abitur in 1953 at the Latina of the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale . From 1953 to 1956 he studied Classical Philology , Indo-European Studies , Ancient History and Archeology at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . From 1956 to 1960 he continued his studies in the subjects of Classical Philology, Ancient History, Indo-European Studies , Slavic Studies and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin , where he passed his first state examination in 1960. From 1960 to 1966 he was a research assistant at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae under Bruno Snell and Hartmut Erbse at the University of Hamburg .

In 1963 he was awarded a doctorate by Uvo Hölscher at the Free University of Berlin. phil. PhD. In 1972 he completed his habilitation (valued and supported by Ernst Siegmann ) at the University of Würzburg for Classical Philology and was appointed associate professor there in 1978. Shortly afterwards he accepted a professorship for Classical Philology ( Graecistics ) at the University of Mainz , from where he was appointed to the Chair for Greek Language and Literature and Institute Director at the University of Basel in 1981 . 2002, two years before reaching the legal age, he was there emeritus .

For over 20 years, Latacz was one of the most important supporters of the archaeologist and Troja researcher Manfred Korfmann . Latacz repeatedly defended his controversial hypothesis, according to which the Homeric account of the Trojan War basically goes back to real historical events in the late Bronze Age , most recently in the dispute with Raoul Schrott .

Latacz is a specialist in early Greek literature and culture and is considered one of the most important Homer and epic experts in the German-speaking world. In addition to his teaching activities, he has appeared with numerous publications (over 250 essays) on Homer, early Greek literature and also on Attic tragedy . He is currently working on a complete commentary on the Iliad , the Basel Homer Commentary .

On July 11, 2014, Latacz received the Ausonius Prize 2014 in recognition of his complete academic work.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • To the word field “joy” in the language of Homer (= Library of Classical Classical Studies . Vol. 17, ISSN  0067-8201 ). Winter, Heidelberg 1966 (dissertation FU Berlin 1963).
  • Battle parenesis, battle representation and battle reality in the Iliad, in Kallinos and Tyrtaios (= Zetemata. H. 66). Beck, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-406-05156-1 .
  • Homer. An introduction (= Artemis Introductions. Vol. 20). Artemis-Verlag, Munich et al. 1985, ISBN 3-7608-1320-8 (2nd, revised edition as: Homer. Der first Dichter des Abendlands. Ibid. 1989; 3rd edition. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf et al. 1997; 4th, revised and continuously updated edition. ibid 2003, ISBN 3-538-07157-8 ).
    • In Italian as: Omero. Il primo poeta dell'Occidente (= Biblioteca universale Laterza. Vol. 314). G. Laterza, Rome et al. 1990, ISBN 88-420-3592-0 .
    • In Dutch as: Homeros. The first poet from het Avondland. SUN, Nijmegen 1991, ISBN 90-6168-332-7 .
    • In English as: Homer. His art and his world. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor MI 1993, ISBN 0-472-10657-0 .
    • In modern Greek as: Όμηρος. Ο θεμελιωτής της ευρωπαϊκής λογοτεχνίας. Παπαδήμας, Αθήνα 2000, ISBN 960-206-452-8 .
    • In Turkish as: Homeros. Batının ilk ozanı. Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul 2001, ISBN 975-8293-23-0 ).
  • with Bernhard Kytzler and Klaus Sallmann : Classic authors of antiquity. Literary portraits from Homer to Boethius. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1992, ISBN 3-458-16209-7 .
  • Introduction to the Greek tragedy (= Uni-Taschenbücher 1745). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-8252-1745-0 (2nd, continuously updated edition, ibid 2003).
    • In Turkish as: Antik Yunan tragedyalari tüm oyunlar. Tarihçe, inceleme, yorum (= Mitos Boyut yayınları tiyatro. Kültür dizisi 68, ZDB -ID 2201526-7 ). Mitos-Boyut Yayinlari, İstanbul 2006.
  • Opening up the ancient world. Small writings on the literature of the Greeks and Romans. Edited by Fritz Graf , Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg , Arbogast Schmitt with the assistance of Rainer Thiel . Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-519-07425-7 .
  • Achilles. Changes in a European hero image (= Lectio Teubneriana 3). Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-519-07552-0 (2nd edition, unchanged reprint of the first edition. Ibid 1997, ISBN 3-519-17552-5 ).
  • with Bernhard Kytzler and Klaus Sallmann: Small encyclopedia of ancient authors. Literary portraits from Homer to Boethius (= Insel-Taschenbuch 1856). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1996, ISBN 3-458-33556-0 .
  • Fertile nuisance. Nietzsche's “Birth of Tragedy” and the Graecist tragedy research (= Basler Universitätsreden. Vol. 94). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7190-1727-3 .
  • Troy and Homer. The way to solve an old riddle. Koehler & Amelang, Munich et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7338-0229-2 (2nd edition. Ibid 2001; 3rd, revised and improved edition. Ibid 2001; 5th, updated and expanded edition, ibid 2005, ISBN 3-7338 -0332-9 ; 6th, updated and expanded edition. Ibid 2010, ISBN 978-3-7338-0332-2 ).
    • In Spanish as: Troya y Homero. Hacia la resolución de un enigma (= Colección Imago mundi. Vol. 28). Ediciones Destino, Barcelona 2003, ISBN 84-233-3487-2 .
    • In English as: Troy and Homer. Towards a solution of an old mystery. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2004, ISBN 0-19-926308-6 .
    • In modern Greek as: Η Τροία και ο Όμηρος. Ο δρόμος για τη λύση ενός παλιού αινίγματος. Πατακε, Αθήνα 2005.
    • In Turkish as: (in progress).
  • Troy - Wilios - Wilusa. Three names for one territory. Seminar for Classical Philology, Basel 2001 (2nd edition in 2002; special print for the exhibition “Troia - Dream and Reality” in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn, November 16, 2001 to February 17, 2002; available from the author ).

Editing (books)

  • Homer. Tradition and innovation (= ways of research . Vol. 463). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1979, ISBN 3-534-06833-5 .
  • Greek literature in text and presentation. Volume 1: Archaic Period (from Homer to Pindar ). (= Universal library 8061). Reclam, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-15-008061-4 (2nd, revised and improved edition, ibid 1998).
  • Homer. The poetry and its interpretation (= ways of research. Vol. 634). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-534-09217-1 .
  • Two hundred years of Homer research. Review and Outlook (= Colloquium Rauricum 2). Teubner, Stuttgart et al. 1991, ISBN 3-519-07412-5 .
  • Homer. The Myth of Troy in Poetry and Art. Hirmer, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7774-3965-5 (scientific companion volume to the Homer exhibition Basel-Mannheim 2008/09).

Editing (journals, series)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Basel: Ausonius Prize 2014 for Joachim Latacz , accessed on February 20, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Latacz, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Katowice