Alfred Breitenbach

Alfred Breitenbach (* 1972 in Koblenz ) is a German classical philologist .

Life

From 1992 to 1998, Breitenbach studied classical philology and Catholic theology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the University of Trier , where he passed the first state examination in 1998 in the subjects of Greek, Latin and Catholic theology. In 1999 he worked as a research assistant in Latin studies with Ulrich Eigler in Trier, where he received his doctorate in 2001 with Georg Wöhrle and habilitated in 2008 . The German National Academic Foundation sponsored him from 1999 to 2001 as a doctoral scholarship holder . From January 2000 to July 2001 he was a research assistant in Latin studies with Barbara Feichtinger-Zimmermann at the University of Konstanz within the framework of the cultural studies research college (SFB 485) Norm und Symbol , then from August 2001 to July 2010 research assistant at the Franz Joseph Dölger Institute for research into late antiquity at the University of Bonn (editing of the Real Lexicon for Antiquity and Christianity ) and lecturer at the University of Trier. Since then he has been teaching as an academic advisor at the University of Cologne . After his rehabilitation in Cologne in January 2012, he was appointed adjunct professor in October 2016.

His main research interests are the image of Athens, the ancient epigram and the Anthologia Latina , Gregor von Nazianz , imperial literature (especially Seneca and pseudo-Seneca ), exile poetry and Latin grammar and lexicography in antiquity.

Fonts (selection)

• The 'truly golden Athens' - the conflict of Greek church fathers with the metropolis of pagan-ancient culture (= Theophaneia. Contributions to the religious and church history of antiquity. Volume 37). Philo, Berlin et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8257-0355-X (also dissertation, Trier 2002).
• Commentary on the pseudo-Seneca epigrams of the Anthologia Vossiana (= Anthologiarum Latinarum parerga. Volume 2). Weidmann, Hildesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-615-00366-6 .
• The pseudo-Seneca epigrams of the Anthologia Vossiana - a book of poems from the Middle Imperial Age (= Spudasmata . Volume 132). Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2010, ISBN 978-3-487-14344-6 (also habilitation thesis, Trier 2008).

Web links

• Alfred Breitenbach on the website of the University of Trier
• Alfred Breitenbach on the website of the University of Cologne