Gustav Billeter

Gustav Billeter (* 19th December 1873 in Zurich , † 24 / 25 June 1929 ) was a Swiss classical scholar and high school teacher .

From 1892 to 1897 he studied at the University of Zurich , where his work “History of the interest rate in Greco-Roman antiquity up to Justinian. Part I: The rate of interest in Greece and Asia Minor up to around 250 AD » received his doctorate. He completed his habilitation in Zurich in 1899 and worked as a private lecturer in history at the University of Zurich until 1912. From 1902 to 1928 he was a grammar school teacher for Latin and Greek at the grammar school in Zurich, where Elias Canetti was one of his students. In January 1910 in Zurich, in the estate of Barbara Schulthess, he discovered Goethe's fragmentary archetype of Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship years , the design begun in 1777 with the title Wilhelm Meister's theatrical mission .

Publications

• History of the rate of interest in Greco-Roman antiquity up to Justinian. Teubner, Leipzig 1898 ( online ).
• Greek beliefs about the beginnings of culture. Zurich 1901.
• Goethe. Wilhelm Meister's theatrical mission. Announcements about the first version of Wilhelm Meister's years of training. Zurich 1910.
• The views of the essence of Greece. Leipzig 1911.

literature

• Elias Canetti : The saved tongue. 1977, p. 173.
• Erwin Jaeckle : Shadow Path: Early Memories. Zurich 1978, p. 98.

Web links

• Matriculation edition of the University of Zurich
• Overview of Gustav Billeter's courses at the University of Zurich (winter semester 1899 to summer semester 1900)