Enzo Degani

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Enzo Degani , Latin Hentzius Degani (born September 30, 1934 in Terrazzo , Province of Verona , † April 23, 2000 in Bologna ) was an Italian Graecist .

Life

Degani, son of the gamekeeper Garibaldi Degani and the primary school teacher Angelina Pasquale, graduated from the Liceo A. Pigafetta in Vicenza . After attending a lecture by the Graecist Carlo Diano at the University of Padua , he decided against studying applied chemistry for classical philology . On November 7, 1958, he defended his tesi di laurea on the term Aion from Homer to Aristotle , a conceptual history based on extensive text analyzes, in Padua with Carlo Diano. The work was published in print in 1961. After a year as assistant volunteer with Diano (1958–1959), he followed the Graecist Benedetto Marzullo as an assistant in Greek literature at the University of Cagliari (1959 / 1960–1968 / 1969). In 1965 he acquired the libera docenza with the support of Mario Untersteiner and represented the chairs for Byzantine Philology (1965 / 1966–1969 / 1970) and for Greek literature (1967 / 1968–1968 / 1969) in Cagliari .

On November 1, 1969 he was appointed professor straordinario at the University of Bologna (also his teacher Marzullo, from whom he was supposed to move away in 1977/1978 for reasons of philological methodology, moved to the University of Bologna) and was from November 1, 1972 to 2000 he ended up as full professor of Greek literature. In addition, he represented in teaching the history of the Greek language (1970 / 1971-1971 / 1972), the history of classical philology (1973 / 1974-1976 / 1977 and 1987/1988), the Byzantine philology (1977/1978) and the Greek philology (1990 / 1991-1991 / 1992). He also held a course in medieval Greek at the Scuola per Archivisti in Ravenna (1990/1991–1991/1992) and a course in Greek literature as part of the Corso di Laurea in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali (1992/1993).

He was also invited by Giuseppe Giangrande Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College of the University of London (1977) and he held guest lectures and seminars in Liverpool (1977), Freiburg (1978), Warsaw (1980), Coimbra (1981), Athens , Thessaloniki , Ioannina (1983), Barcelona , Madrid (several times), Konstanz , Cologne and Hamburg (1988), Valladolid (1992), Toulouse (1994), Geneva (1996), Salamanca , Valencia , Murcia and Lisbon as well as in Buenos Aires , La Plata , Mendoza and Santiago de Chile (September 1998). In the German-speaking countries Degani also appeared in a longer contribution to the Introduction to Greek Philology (1997) edited by Heinz-Günther Nesselrath . For New Pauly he has taken on a large number of contributions to Greek epigrammatics .

In 1998 Degani was awarded the Praemium Classicum Clavarense .

In April 2000 he died of a serious illness.

Degani was temporarily married to the classical philologist Maria Grazia Bonanno .

Research priorities

Degani's research focus was on iambos and elegy of the archaic (on the iambograph Hipponax , the inventor of the Hinkiambus , he presented the relevant edition of fragments and testimony as well as an accompanying volume with interpretations), on the Greek tragedy and comedy , the parodic and gastronomic poetry, the Epigram, the lexicography and especially Hesychios of Alexandria (his interest in this field goes back to the early years with Marzullo) and the history of classical philology, especially the biographical-methodical profiles of Italian scholars (in his last essay Filologia e storia he recommends a Connection of the different philological methods of Gottfried Hermann and August Boeckh ). Degani has also dedicated some works to Byzantine literature ( Nikephoros Basilakes , Niketas Choniates ) and epigrammatics.

After a less than happy experience with the management of the Giornale Filologico Ferrarese (11, 1988-12, 1989), which Antonio Antonioni had proposed to him, Degani founded in 1990 together with Francesco Bossi, Gabriele Burzacchini, Ornella Montanari (his assistant), Vinicio Tammaro and Renzo Tosi has his own magazine under the title Eikasmós Quaderni Bolognesi di Filologia Classica , which has established itself despite his early death and is also available online. The Greek verbal noun εἰκασμός eikasmós , derived from the verb εἰκάζω eikázo "I suspect", was deliberately chosen to characterize the methodical-critical layout of the magazine in the Deganis sense. At the same time, the journal should also take account of the history of classical philology. The inclusion of the Festschrift for Ernst Vogt , which is dedicated to the memory of various classical philologists, is also to be understood as a contribution .

Fonts (selection)

Font directories

  • Giovanna Alvoni: Enzo Degani (30 / IX / 1934-23 / IV / 2000). In: Xenia Toruniensia. Vol. 7, 2002, pp. 221-236 ( PDF ; contains a list of Degani's writings).
  • Giovanna Alvoni: Bibliografia di Enzo Degani. In: Eikasmós . Vol. 11, 2000, pp. 345-358; reprinted in: Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani . Vol. I, Hildesheim 2004, pp. XVII – XXXV.

Monographs

  • La poesia gastronomica greca. Bologna 1990.
  • Studi su Ipponatte (= Studi e commenti. Vol. 2). Adriatica editrice, Bari 1984; nuova edizione anastaticamente riprodotta (= Spudasmata. Vol. 89), Georg Olms, Hildesheim 2002 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Αἰών da Omero ad Aristotele (= Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Padova. Vol. 37). LS Olschki, Firenze 1961 (tesi di laurea, University of Padua, 1958).

Collected Writings

  • Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani (= Spudasmata. Vol. 95). A cura di Maria Grazia Albiani, Giovanna Alvoni, Andrea Barbieri, Francesco Bossi, Gabriele Burzacchini, Francesco Citti, Federico Condello, Elena Esposito, Alberta Lorenzoni, Massimo Magnani, Ornella Montanari, Simonetta Nannini, Camillo Neri, Vinicio Tammaro, Renzo Tosi. 2 volumes. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004; Scritti di Enzo Degani. Presentazione dell'opera. Bologna, September 30, 2004 , with table of contents . - (This collection of small writings is over 1350 pages). - Review by Daniel Donnet, in: L'Antiquité Classique 75, 2006, pp. 256-258 ( online, with table of contents ).

Editions

  • Ipponatte, Frammenti ( Studi di Eikasmós. Vol. 15). Introduzione, traduzione e note from Enzo Degani. Premessa di Gabriele Burzacchini, Bologna (Pàtron Editore) 2007.
  • Hipponax, Testimonia et fragmenta. Teubner, Leipzig 1983; 2nd edition: Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1991 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Poesia parodica greca. CLUEB, Bologna 1983.
  • Poeti Greci Giambici ed Elegiaci. Letture Critiche. Mursia Editore, Milan 1977. - Review by Giuseppe Giangrande , in: L'Antiquité Classique 48, 1979, p. 225 f. ( online ).
  • with Gabriele Burzacchini: Lirici greci. Antologia. La Nuova Italia, Florence 1977.

items

  • Filologia e storia. In: Eikasmós 10, 1999, 279-314; Reprinted in: Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani (= Spudasmata. Vol. 95). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004.
  • Greek literature up to 300 BC Chr. In: Heinz – Günther Nesselrath (Ed.): Introduction to Greek Philology . BG Teubner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-519-07435-4 , pp. 171–245.
  • La poesia gastronomica greca (II). In: Alma Mater Studiorum 6.1, 1991, pp. 147-163; Reprinted in: Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani (= Spudasmata. Vol. 95). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004.
  • La filologia greca in Italia nel secolo XX. In: La filologia greca e latina in Italia nel secolo XX. Atti del Congresso Internazionale, Rome, September 12-21, 1984. Vol. 2, Pisa 1989, pp. 1065-1140; Reprinted in: Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani (= Spudasmata. Vol. 95). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004.
  • La critica testuale greco-latina, oggi. Metodi e problemi. In: Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Napoli (29-31 October 1979). Rome 1981, pp. 289-298.
  • with Maria Grazia Bonanno: Democrazia ateniese e sviluppo del dramma attico: I. La tragedia. In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.), Storia e Civiltà dei Greci, Vol. III. Bompiani, Milan 1979, pp. 255-310; Reprinted in: Filologia e storia. Scritti di Enzo Degani (= Spudasmata. Vol. 95). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2004.

literature

  • Since Aion a Eikasmós. Atti della giornata di studio sulla figura e l'opera di Enzo Degani. Pàtron Editore, Bologna 2002 ( Studi di Eikasmós , 8).
  • Giovanna Alvoni: Enzo Degani (30 / IX / 1934-23 / IV / 2000). In: Xenia Toruniensia 7, 2002, pp. 221-236, online (PDF). - (contains a list of Degani's writings)
  • Guido Avezzù: Tragedia, storia, e storia della tragedia: Enzo Degani storico della tragedia attica. In: Odeo Olimpico 24, 1999-2002, pp. 259-269, (online) (PDF).
  • Francesco Bossi: Enzo Degani. In: Eikasmós 11, 2000, pp. 337-358.
  • Francesco Bossi: Ricordo di Enzo Degani. In: MAIB ns 2, 2002, pp. 45-52.
  • Winfried Bühler : Memories of Enzo Degani. In: Eikasmós 16, 2005, 393–398.
  • Gabriele Burzacchini: Enzo Degani †. In: Gnomon 73, 2001, pp. 470-476, (online) (PDF).
  • Vittorio Citti: Un hermanniano atipico. In: Prometheus 27, 2001, pp. 277–282, (online) (PDF).
  • Ivano Dionigi: Saluto a un amico. In: Eikasmós 11, 2000, pp. 9-11.
  • Giuseppe Mastromarco: Enzo Degani (1934-2000). In: Synthesis 7 (online) (PDF).
  • Walter de Medeiros: Enzo Degani (1934-2000). In: Humanitas 53, 2001, p. 419, (online) (PDF).
  • Carles Miralles: Notes sobre Enzo Degani (1934-2000). In: Lexis 20, 2002, pp. 295-301, (online) (PDF).
  • Ornella Montanari: Ricordo di Enzo Degani (1934-2000). In: Sileno 38/39, 2002/2003, pp. 243-247, (online) (PDF).
  • Ornella Montanari: Obituario: Enzo Degani (30 de septiembre de 1934-23 de April 2000), Catedrático de Literatura Griega de la Universidad de Bolonia. In: Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos 11, 2001, pp. 315-320, online (PDF).
  • Renzo Tosi: Enzo Degani (1934-2000): scienza filologica e storia della filologia. In: Paideia 56, 2001, pp. 169-176, (online) (PDF).
  • Ernst Vogt : Enzo Degani da Aion a Eikasmós. In: Da Aion a Eikasmós. Atti della giornata di studio sulla figura e l'opera di Enzo Degani. Pàtron Editore, Bologna 2002 ( Studi di Eikasmós , 8), pp. 3–13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Suerbaum (ed., With Uwe Dubielzig): Festgabe for Ernst Vogt on his 60th birthday on November 6, 1990. Memories of classical philologists. Collected and edited with the assistance of Uwe Dubielzig. by Werner Suerbaum. Pátron, Bologna 1993 (Eikasmós, Volume IV). - Review by: Georg Pfligersdorfer, in: Journal of the Savigny Foundation for Legal History. Romance Department 112, 1995, pp. 671-677.
personal data
SURNAME Degani, Enzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Degani, Hentzius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Graecist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Terrazzo ( Province of Verona )
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 2000
Place of death Bologna