Bernd Effe

Bernd Effe (born August 11, 1942 in Braunschweig ) is a German classical philologist .

After graduating from high school in 1962, Effe studied Classical Philology and Slavic Studies at the Universities of Kiel and Tübingen . He received his doctorate in 1968 in Kiel and then worked as a research assistant in Saarbrücken , Berlin and Konstanz , where he completed his habilitation in 1975. From 1977 to 1984 he was a professor and lecturer in Konstanz, and since then he has taught and researched in Bochum. He turned down calls to the Universities of Bamberg (1978) and Konstanz (1992). He has been retired since 2007. Manuel Baumbach has been his successor since 2009 .

In addition to Greek philosophy (especially Plato's and Aristotle 's theory of the state), Effe deals with the early epic , the drama of the 5th century BC. BC, with Hellenistic poetry, with the ancient novel , teaching poetry, reception history and many other fields. His work Poetry and Teaching, Investigations into the Typology of the Ancient Teaching Poem (Munich 1977) is today the starting point for any study of the genre of the teaching poem.

Fonts (selection)

• Studies on the cosmology and theology of the Aristotelian writing 'On Philosophy' . Munich 1970 ( Zetamata 50, dissertation)
• Poetry and teaching. Investigations into the typology of the ancient didactic poem. Munich 1977 ( Zetemata. Volume 69). At the same time habilitation thesis.
• The genesis of a literary genre: the bucolic . Konstant 1977 ( Konstanz University Speeches 95)
• with Gerhard Binder : The ancient bucolic. An introduction . Munich / Zurich 1989 ( Artemis introductions 38). 2nd, revised and expanded edition under the title: Antike Hirtendichtung. An introduction . Düsseldorf / Zurich 2001
• Epic objectivity and subjective narration. "Authorial" narratives from Homer to the Roman epic of the Flavier period . Trier 2004 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 56)

Editing

• Greek literature in text and presentation. Volume 7: Hellenism . Stuttgart 1985 ( Reclams Universal Library 8064)
• Theocritus and the Greek bucolic . Darmstadt 1986 ( Paths of Research 580)
• Ancient War and Peace . Trier 1989 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 1)
• with Gerhard Binder: Myth. Narrative interpretation of the world in the field of tension between ritual, history and rationality . Trier 1990 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 2)
• with Gerhard Binder: Death and the Beyond in Antiquity . Trier 1991 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 6)
• with Gerhard Binder: love and passion. Historical aspects of eroticism and sexuality . Trier 1993 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 12)
• with Gerhard Binder: affirmation and criticism. On the political function of art and literature in antiquity . Trier 1995 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 20)
• with Gerhard Binder: The ancient theater. Aspects of its history, reception and topicality . Trier 1998 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 33)
• Theocritus: poems; Greek-German . Darmstadt 1999 and Düsseldorf / Zurich 1999 ( Tusculum Collection ). 2nd, revised edition Berlin 2013
• with Reinhold F. Glei : Genius and madness. Concepts of psychological "normality" and "abnormality" in ancient times . Trier 2002 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 46)
• with Gerhard Binder and Reinhold F. Glei: Gottmenschen. Concepts of Existential Transgression in Antiquity . Trier 2003 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 55)
• with Reinhold F. Glei and Claudia Klodt : "Homer second degree". On the potential of a classic . Trier 2009 ( Bochum Classical Studies Colloquium 79)

Web links

• Literature by Bernd Effe in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bernd Effe at the Ruhr University Bochum with an extensive list of literature and research areas