Gerhard Lion

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Gerhard Löwe (* 1923 in Leipzig ; † 2006 ibid) was a German classical philologist .

Life

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Gerhard Löwe was born in 1923 and attended the König-Albert-Gymnasium in Leipzig. There he graduated from high school in 1941. After the war he studied classical philology and ancient history in Leipzig. In these subjects he received his doctorate there in 1961. He then worked as a freelance publicist, several times within a collective of authors. With his publications, including translations, encyclopedias and textbooks, he made a decisive contribution to maintaining the ancient heritage in the GDR. He died in Leipzig in 2006 at the age of 83.

Works

  • The words of thought in Latin. Leipzig, 1961 (dissertation)
  • Latin textbook. Berlin: People and Knowledge, 1975, 2nd edition.
  • The ancient world in brief. Koehler and Amelang, Leipzig 1966; 4th, revised and expanded edition, VOB, 1976.
  • Greek textbook. Berlin: People and Knowledge, 1982, 3rd edition.
  • Philogelos or the laugh fan. Hierocles, Facetiarum Scriptor, Leipzig: Koehler and Amelang, 1983, 2nd ed.
  • Discoveries in Hellas. Berlin: Verlag der Nation, 1984
  • Latin-German dictionary. Leipzig: Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1985
  • The dream art of Artemidorus Daldianus. Leipzig: Reclam, 1991
  • Lexicon of antiquity. Wiesbaden: VMA-Verlag, 1997
  • ABC antique. Praha: Železný, 1999
  • Student boys, Latin-German. Mannheim: Dudenverlag, 2002
  • with Karl Ahrens: Latin reading sheet: A contribution to polytechnical teaching. Berlin: Volk u. Knowledge 1960

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personal data
SURNAME Leo, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 2006
Place of death Leipzig