Godo Lieberg

Godo Lieberg (born December 30, 1929 in Kaarma (Karmel), Estonia ; † July 31, 2016 ) was a Baltic German classical philologist .

After the Second World War, Godo Lieberg studied Classical Philology at the Universities of Göttingen and Tübingen , where he received his doctorate in 1954 under Wolfgang Schadewaldt . In 1960 he went to Rome for two years and then completed his habilitation in Tübingen in 1962. In 1965 he followed a call from the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum to the chair of Latin studies . In 1981 he moved to the University of Siena . After his retirement , he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Classical Philology at the Ruhr University in Bochum.

Lieberg's research focused on Latin poetry ( Catullus , Tibullus ) and prose ( Caesar ). In his dissertation he had dealt with the Aristotelian doctrine of pleasure. He also advocated the active use of the Latin language.

From December 1956 Godo Lieberg was with Marisa Lieberg, b. de Dal Lago (1930–2013), married.

Fonts (selection)

• The doctrine of pleasure in the ethics of Aristotle (= Zetemata . Issue 19). Beck, Munich 1958 (extended dissertation, Tübingen, University of January 8, 1954: About the doctrine of pleasure in the ethics of Aristotle. ).
• Puella divina. The figure of the divine beloved in Catullus. In the context of ancient poetry. Schippers, Amsterdam 1962 (at the same time: Tübingen, University, habilitation thesis, 1962).
• Poeta creator. Studies of a figure in ancient poetry. Gieben, Amsterdam 1982, ISBN 90-70265-53-2 .
• On the idea and figure of poetic creativity. Self-published, Bochum 1985.
• Structural analysis by Tibull I 5th self-published, Bochum 1988.
• Caesar's policy in Gaul. Interpretations on the Bellum Gallicum . Brockmeyer, Bochum 1998, ISBN 3-8196-0564-9 .
• Tersus atque elegans maxime Tibullus. A comprehensive collection of the judgments and accounts of poets and scholars on the style of Tibullus from antiquity to the present. With a development sketch of his assessment, also in comparison with Catullus, Properz and Ovid, numerous comments and an appendix on Tibullus and German poetry . Self-published, Bochum 2009
• Aesthetic theories of antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times. Representations and interpretations . Brockmeyer, Bochum 2011, ISBN 978-3-8196-0789-9

literature

• Who's Who in Germany . 7th Edition (1980), p. 656.

Web links

• Literature by Godo Lieberg in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . August 13, 2016, Trauer.de, accessed on August 15, 2016.