Hans Peter Syndic

Hans Peter Syndikus (* 1927 ) is a German classical philologist and high school teacher .

After studying classical philology, Syndikus passed the state examination for higher teaching qualifications and received his doctorate in 1958 from the University of Munich with a thesis on Lukan . He then taught at various Bavarian high schools until his retirement in 1992 , most recently as director of studies at the Weilheim high school . He published numerous essays, lexicon articles and reviews on Latin poetry, but above all comprehensive interpretations of the lyrical work of Horace , the poems of Catullus and the elegies of Properz intended for school and university studies based on the current state of research.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• Lucan's poem from the Civil War. Investigations into the epic technique and the basics of the work. Dissertation Munich 1958.
• The lyric of Horace. An interpretation of the odes. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1973; 2nd, unchanged edition 1990; 3rd, completely revised edition 2001, ISBN 3-534-15180-1 . Review of: RGM Nisbet, in: The Classical Review (New Series) 25, 1975, 212-214.
• Catullus. An interpretation. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1984; 2nd, unchanged edition 1994; Special edition 2001 with a bibliographical supplement in Part III, ISBN 3-534-15069-4 .
• The Elegies of Properz. An interpretation. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-23213-0 .

Articles and lectures

• Homer's Odyssey. Lecture given on February 27, 1996, special edition, Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Gymnasium, Weilheim 1996.
• Horace and the elegiac poets. In: Anna Elissa Radke (Ed.): Candide iudex. Contributions to Augustan poetry. Festschrift for Walter Wimmel on his 75th birthday. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-515-07164-4 , pp. 375-398 ( excerpt online ).
• The Second Book. In: Hans-Christian Günther (Ed.): Brill's Companion to propertius. Brill, Leiden 2006. Review by: Christina Shuttleworth, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 08/31/2008 ( online ).
• The Roman Odes of Horace. A new perspective after the misinterpretations of the 19th and 20th centuries. Lecture, October 24, 2008, Accademia di studi italo-tedeschi, Merano ( video ).
• The Roman Odes. In: Gregson Davis (Ed.): A companion to Horace. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 (Blackwell companions to the ancient world), ISBN 978-1-4051-5540-3 , pp. 193-209.

Web links

• Gregson Davis (Ed.): A companion to Horace. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 (Blackwell companions to the ancient world): Short biography (PDF)