Gerhard Petersmann
Gerhard Petersmann (born August 23, 1942 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian classical philologist .
Gerhard Petermann studied classical philology at the University of Graz and was established in 1969 with a thesis The monologue speeches of the Homeric epics doctorate . He then worked as a research assistant at the University of Graz and completed his habilitation there in 1977. In 1982 he was appointed associate professor of classical philology. In October 1986 he moved to the University of Salzburg as a full professor of Classical Philology and the History of the Ancient World . In 2010 he retired .
Petersmann's research interests include Greco-Latin poetry ( epic and elegy ), historiography and the reception of ancient literature. He is also concerned with the Latin university theater of the 17th and 18th centuries. He is the publisher and editor of the Graz Contributions - a journal for classical antiquity . Since 1998 he has been a member of the Commission for Ancient Literature and Tradition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .
literature
- Reference fields: Festschrift for Gerhard Petersmann on his 65th birthday , Vienna 2007, p. 9ff.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Petersmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Focus on Latin Studies : Georg Pfligersdorffer (1964–1986) | Gerhard Petersmann (1986-2010) | Dorothea Weber (since 2012)
Focus on Greek studies : Erenbert Josef Schächer (1965–1971) | Joachim Dalfen (1972–2005) | Thomas Schirren (since 2007)
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| SURNAME | Petersmann, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt |