Günther Lorenz (ancient historian)

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Günther Lorenz (* 1942 in Innsbruck ; † January 7, 2013 ) was an Austrian ancient historian .

Life

After studying history and German language and literature , Lorenz started working with Franz Hampl and Bernhard Neutsch at the University of Innsbruck in 1973 with the work The Greeks' attitude to animals. Her development from Homer to Theophrast (with an outlook on early Rome) is doing her doctorate . He completed his habilitation there in 1986 with the thesis on ancient medical treatment in a historical-comparative perspective. Studies on concrete, descriptive thinking and from then on headed the department for comparative history of early cultures at the Institute for Ancient History as an associate professor. In 1989, Lorenz was a visiting professor at the University of New Orleans . He retired on October 1st, 2007.

His main research interests were the comparative religious history of Greece, ancient medical history, cultural comparisons between ancient Rome and ancient China, and animals in the life of ancient cultures.

Fonts

  • The attitude of the Greeks to the animal. Your development from Homer to Theophrast (with an outlook on early Rome) (= dissertation University Innsbruck 1972)
  • Ancient medical treatment from a historical-comparative point of view. Studies on concrete, descriptive thinking (= library of classical ancient studies . 2nd series; new series, volume 81). Winter, Heidelberg 1990. (= habilitation thesis University Innsbruck 1986), ISBN 3-533-04140-9
  • Animals in the life of ancient cultures. Scriptless cultures, ancient Orient, Egypt, Greece and Rome. 2nd edition, innsbruck university press, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-902936-16-5
  • Asklepios, the healer with the dog, and the Orient. Religion and medicine in ancient cultures from a universal historical perspective. Collected Writings. innsbruck university press, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-902936-92-9

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personal data
SURNAME Lorenz, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ancient historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2013