Friedhelm L. Müller

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Friedhelm Ludwig Müller (born November 17, 1939 in Elben near Kassel ; † December 9, 2014 in Marburg ) was a German classical philologist .

Life

Friedhelm Ludwig Müller was the third of seven children of the pastor Ludwig Müller (1907–1974) and his wife Hildegard geb. Bierschenck (1911-2000). He grew up in Elben and from 1947 in Höringhausen near Kassel. From 1950 to 1959 he attended the old language branch of the old state school in Korbach . After graduating from high school (March 3, 1959), he served in the German Armed Forces from April 1, 1959 to September 30, 1960 , where he resigned as a reserve lieutenant. From the winter semester 1960/61 he studied Classical Philology at the Philipps University in Marburg . He also took lessons at the Schlüchtern school of church music and took the C-exam on January 15, 1963. On April 26, 1964, he passed the general teaching examination, and on February 19, 1966, the state examination in Latin and Greek.

At the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Marburg, Müller worked from April 16, 1966 as a research assistant, from September 16, 1967 as administrator of an assistant position and from October 8, 1968 as an assistant. At the same time he wrote his dissertation with Friedrich Müller , with which he became a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . After completing his doctorate, he taught as a student adviser (later senior lecturer) in the university service. In 1997 he completed his habilitation in Classical Philology at the University of Marburg, where he held lectures and exercises as a private lecturer until he retired in 2005.

Müller's research focus was on ancient rhetoric and historiography. He wrote bilingual text editions and monographic studies on the documents in Thucydides , on the Rhetorica ad Herennium , on the satires of Emperor Julian and on the Cicero-Vita of Plutarch . He paid particular attention to late antiquity : he published bilingual, annotated editions of Eutrops Breviarium ab urbe condita , Herodian's Imperial History and Vegetius' work on military affairs.

Fonts (selection)

  • Representation and poetic function of the objects in the Odyssey . Marburg 1968 (dissertation)
  • Rhetorica ad Herennium: incerti auctoris libri IV de arte dicendi. Latin and German . Aachen 1994
  • Eutropii breviary from urbe condita. Introduction, text and translation, notes, index nominum . Stuttgart 1995 ( Palingenesia 56)
  • Critical thoughts on ancient mnemonics and the Auctor ad Herennium . Stuttgart 1996
  • Herodian: History of the empire after Marc Aurel Greek and German. With introduction, notes and name index . Stuttgart 1996
  • The problem of the documents with Thucydides. The question of the author's intention to transmit . Stuttgart 1997 ( Palingenesia 63)
  • Publius Flavius ​​Vegetius Renatus: Outline of the military system in Latin and German. With introduction, explanations and indices . Stuttgart 1997
  • The two satires of the emperor Julianus Apostata . Stuttgart 1998 ( Palingenesia 66)
  • Plutarch: Cicero, Greek and German. With introduction, notes and name index . Aachen 1998

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice of the Classical Philology Department at the University of Marburg, December 17, 2014 (accessed February 15, 2015). Date and place of death according to information from Brigitte Kappl, February 15 and 17, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Friedhelm L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Friedhelm Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Elben near Kassel
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 2014
Place of death Marburg