Eilhard Schlesinger

Eilhard Schlesinger (born December 28, 1909 in Klausenburg ; † August 13, 1968 at Elz in Hesse ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Eilhard Schlesinger, the son of mathematics professor Ludwig Schlesinger (1864-1933), was born in Cluj- Napoca in Transylvania and grew up in Gießen from 1911 on. There he attended the Landgraf-Ludwigs-Gymnasium and from 1928 studied classical philology and history at the Ludwigs-Universität . He spent three semesters at the Berlin University , where he attended courses with Werner Jaeger , Ludwig Deubner and Eduard Norden . In Gießen he was particularly influenced by Karl Kalbfleisch and Rudolf Herzog , with whom Schlesinger received his doctorate in 1933 . Shortly afterwards he took the exam and went to Marburg, where he began his probationary year at the study seminar and grammar school Philippinum .

During the time of National Socialism , Schlesinger was classified as a non- Aryan because of his Jewish origins . Thus he was not allowed to serve in higher schools according to the law for the restoration of the professional civil service. It was not until the late 1930s that Schlesinger emigrated to Argentina. From 1938 he worked at the University of Buenos Aires as professor adjunto for classical philology. In 1944 he changed to a chair in his subject at the University of Tucumán , in 1948 he moved to La Plata , in 1960 he went again to Buenos Aires.

Many years after the end of the National Socialist dictatorship, Schlesinger returned to Germany. In 1966 he received a full honorary professorship at the University of Mainz and moved there with his family. Two years later he died in an accident on the autobahn near Elz (Westerwald) , in which his entire family was also killed.

In teaching and research, Schlesinger concentrated on Greek philosophy (especially Plato and Aristotle ) and on early Greek poetry ( Hesiod , Pindar ). He published few writings during his time in Argentina. Most important are his translations into Spanish ( Sophocles and Aristotle's Poetics ). In the last years of his life in Germany, he published a large number of articles, particularly on Pindar and the Greek tragedy .

literature

• Walter Marg , Andreas Thierfelder : Eilhard Schlesinger † . In: Gnomon . Volume 41 (1969), pp. 430-432

Web links

• Literature by Eilhard Schlesinger in the catalog of the German National Library