Hermann Breitenbach
Hermann Theodor Breitenbach (born September 9, 1883 in Hagelloch ; † 1967 ) was a Swiss classical philologist and high school teacher.
Breitenbach, son of the evangelical pastor Theodor Breitenbach, grew up in Tübingen after the death of his father and from 1901 in Basel , the hometown of his mother Selma Buser. He studied Classical Philology at the University of Basel , where he received his doctorate in 1908. He then worked as a teacher for Greek and Latin at the Solothurn Cantonal School . He also translated Ovid's Metamorphoses . His verse translation, first published in 1958, was widely used and is also important because of its detailed explanatory notes.
His son Hans Rudolf Breitenbach also studied classical philology and became a high school teacher.
Publications
- De genere quodam titulorum comoediae Atticae , Basel 1908 (= dissertation), digitized
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Epic in 15 books (= P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV) . Edited and translated by Hermann Breitenbach, Zurich, Artemis-Verlag 1958
- Platon and Dion , Zurich, Artemis-Verlag 1960
literature
- Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Volumes 82-83, Page 158, Historical and Antiquarian Society of Basel , 1982
Web links
- Literature by and about Hermann Breitenbach in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Breitenbach, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breitenbach, Hermann Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist and high school teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hail hole |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1967 |