Alfred Heubeck

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Alfred Heubeck (born July 20, 1914 in Nuremberg ; † May 24, 1987 in Erlangen ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

After attending a grammar school, he studied Classical Philology in Erlangen at Alfred Klotz , Alfred Schmitt and Kurt Witte , where he with the work , the national consciousness of Herodotus 1936 doctorate was. From 1938 to 1956 he was a teacher at the Gymnasium Fridericianum Erlangen and then until 1962 senior director and head of the Melanchthon Gymnasium in Nuremberg . He habilitated himself on February 3, 1951 Classical Philology with the Scriptures The Odyssey poet and the Iliad in Erlangen and was nominated the same year for teachers. On May 31, 1957 he received a position as an adjunct professor and finally on April 26, 1962 as a full professor, the chair of Greek . In the 1978/79 winter semester he was head of the Erlangen Institute for Ancient Languages. Although he retired in 1979 , he held lectures as an honorary professor until 1980, when the chair was filled again in the spring of 1980 by his successor Egert Pöhlmann .

His main area of ​​work was the archaic epic of the Greeks , particularly Homer and Hesiod . He also researched the problem of the pre-Greek substratum and the Cretan script .

Fonts (selection)

  • The national consciousness of Herodotus . Neustadt ad Aisch 1936 (also Phil. Dissertation, Erlangen)
  • The Odyssey Poet and the Iliad . Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1954 (also Phil. Habilitation paper Erlangen, from February 3, 1951)
  • Lydiaka. Studies on script, language and god names of the Lydians . Universitätsbund Erlangen eV, Erlangen 1959
  • From the world of the early Greek linear tables. A brief introduction to principles, tasks and results of Mykenologie . Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen 1966
  • The Homeric question. A report on research over the past few decades . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1974, ISBN 3-534-03864-9
  • Small writings on the Greek language and literature . Universitätsbund Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-922135-34-X
  • Heubeck, Alfred. Praegraeca: linguistic studies on the pre-Greek-Indo-European substrate, Erlangen (1961); Review: AJ Beattie, The Classical Review (1963).

literature

  • Walter Burkert : Alfred Heubeck . In: Gnomon 60 , 1988, pp. 283-285.
  • Niklas Holzberg : Memories of Alfred Heubeck (1914-1987). In: DASiU 38, 2/1991, pp. 22-25.
  • Meyerhöfer, Herbert: Memories of Alfred Heubeck - attempt at a supplement. In: DASiU 39, 1/1992, pp. 8-9.
  • Niklas Holzberg : Alfred Heubeck (1914–1987) . In: Eikasmós 4, 1993, pp. 199-202.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of people and lectures WS 1978/79, p. 66.
  2. ↑ Directory of people and lectures WS 1979/80, p. 172.
  3. ↑ UNI-Kurier (PDF; 1.0 MB) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , 7th year, October 2000, No. 33, p. 4.
personal data
SURNAME Heubeck, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1987
Place of death gain