Hans-Otto Kröner

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Hans-Otto Kröner (born May 20, 1928 in Lübeck ; † October 31, 2015 in Trier ) was a German classical philologist . From 1970 to 1995 he was Professor of Classical Philology (especially Latin Studies ) at the University of Trier .

Life

Hans-Otto Kröner studied Classical Philology at the University of Marburg and was awarded a doctorate there on November 10, 1952. phil. doctoral thesis with the unprinted work Die "Dirae" of the Appendix Vergiliana . After the first state examination in Latin and Greek, he worked from October 1, 1953 to September 30, 1960 as an assistant at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich and wrote articles for the volumes VII 1 and VII 2 (letter I).

In 1969 , Kröner qualified as a professor at Saarland University with the unprinted text Investigations on Cicero's letters of recommendation in the field of Classical Philology and gave an inaugural lecture entitled Elegisches Storm . In the following year he accepted a chair for classical philology (especially Latin studies ) at the newly founded University of Trier . In Trier, Kröner worked alongside Professor of Greek Studies Leif Bergson for 25 years, and together with him he expanded the Department of Classical Philology at the university. In 1995, Kröner retired .

Kröner's research focus was the ancient Latin literature , especially Roman poetry and rhetoric . He wrote numerous essays and lexicon articles, including several additions to Pauly's real encyclopedia of classical antiquity .

Fonts (selection)

  • The “dirae” of the appendix Vergiliana . Dissertation Uni Marburg , Philosophical Faculty 1952, DNB 480327874 .
  • Investigations into Cicero's letters of recommendation . Saarbrücken 1969 (habilitation thesis)

literature

  • Dietfried Krömer (Ed.): Thesaurus stories. Contributions to a Historia Thesauri Linguae Latinae by Theodor Bögel (1876–1973) . Stuttgart / Leipzig 1996, p. 198.
  • Sabine Harwardt, Johannes Schwind (Ed.): Corona Coronaria. Festschrift for Hans-Otto Kröner on his 75th birthday . Olms, Hildesheim u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-487-12829-2 (= Spudasmata Volume 102).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dietfried Krömer (Ed.): Thesaurus stories. Contributions to a Historia Thesauri Linguae Latinae by Theodor Bögel (1876–1973) . Stuttgart / Leipzig 1996, p. 198.
  2. ↑ German university newspaper . Volume 26 (1970), p. 33.
  3. ↑ Published in: Poetica . Volume 3 (1970), pp. 388-408
  4. ^ University of Trier-Kaiserslautern is founded. A documentation . Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1971, p. 126. On the list of appointments, Kröner was the first, Gerhard Binder (Cologne) second, and Peter Lebrecht Schmidt (Constance) third .
personal data
SURNAME Kröner, Hans-Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2015
Place of death trier