Herbert Eisenberger

Herbert Eisenberger (born August 14, 1930 in Wiesbaden ) is a German classical philologist .

Eisenberger studied from 1951 to 1957 Classical Philology and English at the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he was particularly influenced by Karl Reinhardt , Hermann Langerbeck , Harald Patzer and Erwin Wolff . In Patzer and Wolff, he was in 1956 with the dissertation The myth in the Aeolian lyric doctorate . In the winter semester of 1956/1957 he received a teaching position at the Institute for Classical Philology. After the First State Examination (1957) he was appointed full-time lecturer at the Frankfurt Institute for Classical Philology in 1958, as a research assistant in 1960, and as a private lecturer in 1968 (after his habilitation ). In 1971 Eisenberger was appointed professor and elected dean of the Faculty of Classical Philology and Art Studies for the 1971/72 academic year. He held this office again in 1991/1992. In 1995 he retired.

Eisenberger's main research interests are early Greek poetry, Greek tragedy and comedy, the writings of the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and Roman poetry and philosophy (especially Ciceros ).

Fonts (selection)

• The Myth in Aeolian Poetry. Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main 1956.
• Studies on the Odyssey (= Palingenesia . 7). Steiner, Wiesbaden 1973.

Web links

• Herbert Eisenberger at the Institute for Classical Philology at the University of Frankfurt am Main
• Literature by and about Herbert Eisenberger in the catalog of the German National Library