Georgios Fatouros
Georgios Fatouros (Greek Γεώργιος Φατούρος, born March 31, 1927 in Athens ; † April 12, 2018 in Berlin ) was a Greek Byzantine .
Life
Fatouros first studied law (1947–1950), then Greek philology at the University of Athens . After graduating in 1958, he went to the Free University of Berlin in 1959 , where he deepened his studies and in 1963 under Uvo Hölscher as a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . Fatouros has been teaching modern Greek language courses as a lecturer since 1960 . After his doctorate (1963) he was employed as a lecturer . In the course of the university reforms, he was appointed professor in 1971. In 1992 he retired.
Fatouros was a specialist in the Greek literature of late antiquity and the Byzantine period . His main focus was the Middle Greek lexicography and hagiography . Together with Tilman Krischer he published several studies and workbooks on the sophist Libanios .
Fonts
- Verborum index on early Greek poetry . Heidelberg 1966 (dissertation).
- Michael Gabra's letters . Vienna 1972.
- with Diether Roderich Reinsch : Modern Greek textbook . Berlin 1977 (several new editions).
- with Tilman Krischer : Libanios: letters . Munich 1980.
- with Tilman Krischer: Johannes Kantakuzenos: History . Two volumes, Stuttgart 1982–1986.
- Libanios . Darmstadt 1983.
- with Tilman Krischer and Dietmar Najock : Libanios: Konkordanz . Two volumes in five parts, Hildesheim 1987–1989.
- with Erich Trapp u. a .: Studies on Byzantine Lexicography . Vienna 1988.
- Theodori Studitae epistulae . Two volumes, Berlin 1992.
- with Tilman Krischer: Libanios Antiochikos (or. XI) . Vienna 1992.
- with Tilman Krischer and Werner Portmann : Libanios: Kaiserreden . Stuttgart 2002.
- Georgios Fatouros wrote numerous articles in the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL).
literature
- Wilfried Kürschner (Ed.): Linguist Handbook . Volume 1 (1994), pp. 217-218 (with picture)
- Michael Grünbart (Ed.): Theatron. Rhetorical culture in late antiquity and the Middle Ages . Berlin / New York 2007 (anthology, dedicated to Georgios Fatouros)
Web links
- Fatouros, Georgios . Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date and place of death: Obituary notice in the Tagesspiegel of April 22, 2018 | (accessed April 22, 2018). Archived from the original on April 22, 2018 ; accessed on April 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fatouros, Georgios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Φατούρος, Γεώργιος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Byzantinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2018 |
| Place of death | Berlin |