Herwig Görgemanns

Herwig Görgemanns (born September 2, 1931 in Alpen ) is a German classical philologist.

Life

With contributions to the interpretation of Plato's Nomoi , he received his doctorate in Classical Philology in Würzburg in 1959 . With his work Investigations into Plutarch's dialogue “De facie in orbe luna” he qualified as a professor in Heidelberg in 1965 , where he had followed his teacher Franz Dirlmeier . 1967/1968 he was a fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University .

In 1972 Görgemanns was appointed professor for classical philology at the University of Heidelberg and taught there until his retirement in 1997. The focus of his work is on the field of Greek philosophy, especially Platonism . Among other things, he commented on Plato's Atlantis story, in which he suspects a historical core. Further focuses are Plutarch and Origen as well as the Greek tragedy. He is a longstanding and leading member of the Heidelberg Church Fathers Colloquium.

Together with the church historian Heinrich Karpp (1908–1997) he translated Peri archon / De principiis , "the most fascinating work by Origen , which to this day attracts the most attention" ( Alfons Fürst ).

One of his students is the Göttingen Plutarch researcher Rainer Hirsch-Luipold .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Helga Gärtner, data on the Heidelberg Church Fathers Colloquium, in: Manuel Baumbach et al. (Ed.), Mousopolos Stephanos (see below literature) pp. 535-538.
2. ^ Alfons Fürst : Workbook Theology History. Volume 1: 2.-15. Century. Stuttgart 2012, p. 54.

Publications (selection)

• Contributions to the interpretation of Plato's Nomoi (= Zetemata. H. 25). Beck, Munich 1960 (revised dissertation, University of Würzburg, 1959).
• The "creation" of "wisdom" in Origen. A text-critical examination of De principiis Fr. 32. In: Studia patristica. Papers presented to the international conference on patristic studies 7 (= TU 92), 1966, pp. 194-209.
• Investigations into Plutarch's dialogue “De facie in orbe lunae” (= Library of Classical Classical Studies . Vol. 33). Winter, Heidelberg 1970 (habilitation thesis, University of Heidelberg, 1965).
• Origen : Four books on the principles (= texts on research. Vol. 24). Ed., Translated, with critical and explanatory comments by Herwig Görgemanns and Heinrich Karpp. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1976, ISBN 3-534-00593-7 .
• Plato. Winter, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-8253-0203-2 .
• Plato and the Atlantic Island. The emergence of a historical myth. In: Hellenic Mythology: Prehistory. The Hellenes and their neighbors from prehistory to the classical period. Conference, December 9-11, 1994, Ohlstadt, Upper Bavaria, Germany. DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1996, pp. 107–124.
• Truth and Fiction in Plato's Atlantis Story , in: Hermes No. 128/2000; Pp. 405-420.
• Plutarch. Three writings on the philosophy of religion. Greek-German. Transl. And ed. Artemis & Winkler, 2nd edition Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-05-005483-4
• Plutarch, Dialogue on Love (Amatorius). Introduced, translated and provided with interpretive essays. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3501-7
• with Manuel Baumbach a. Helga Köhler, Greek Style Exercises , Volume 1 Exercise book on the theory of forms and case syntax. Winter, 3rd updated edition Heidelberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8253-6737-4
• with Manuel Baumbach a. Helga Köhler, Greek Style Exercises , Volume. 2 Exercise book on verbal syntax and sentence theory. Winter, Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8253-5594-4
• Philologos cosmos. Small writings on ancient literature, science, philosophy and religion (Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity 73), ed. by Rainer Hirsch-Luipold u. Manuel Baumbach. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-16-151840-9
• Greek Literature in Text and Presentation , Vol. 3 Classical Period II. 4th Century BC (Reclams Universal Library 8063). Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-15-008063-4
• Greek literature in text and presentation . Volume 5. Imperial times. Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-15-008065-8

literature

• Manuel Baumbach , Helga Köhler, Adolf Martin Ritter (eds.): Mousopolos Stephanos. Festschrift for Herwig Görgemanns (= Library of Classical Classical Studies. New Series, 2nd Series, Vol. 102). Winter, Heidelberg 1998 (with list of publications pp. 539-544), ISBN 3-8253-0748-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Herwig Görgemanns in the catalog of the German National Library
• Article about Görgemann's Atlantist thesis.