Horst-Dieter Blume

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Horst-Dieter Blume (born April 22, 1935 in Göttingen ) is a German classical philologist who worked at the University of Münster . He published studies on ancient drama and theater as well as essays on modern Greek literature and culture.

Life

From 1954 to 1961, Blume studied Classical Philology and English at the Universities of Göttingen , Munich and Durham . Even as a student in Göttingen, Blume took part in performances of Greek tragedies in the original language, of which tape recordings have been preserved. In 1961 he was in Göttingen with his dissertation research on language and style of writing ὕψους περὶ Dr. phil. doctorate , in 1962 he passed the first state examination for higher teaching post.

From 1962 he was assistant to Martin Safel at the University of Münster , until the publication of his dissertation (May 6, 1963) as a representative. In Münster, Blume staged several Roman comedies and Greek tragedies in the original language with students from the Classical Philology Department. In 1972 he qualified as a professor for classical philology. In 1976 he was appointed adjunct professor and in 1980 professor. In 2000 he retired, but continues to work in research and teaching. Since 1984 he has headed the “Graeca”, a Greek reading group founded by Heinrich Dörrie.

Blume dealt with the ancient theory of poetry at the beginning of his academic career. In addition to his dissertation on the script of the sublime ( Pseudo-Longinos , περὶ ὕψους) he made a word index of the script for the reprint of the edition by Otto Jahn and Johannes Vahlen . His real research focus was ancient drama, especially Menander's comedies. After his habilitation thesis on Menander's Samia , he published a monograph on the poet (1998) and a bilingual edition of Dyskolos (2007). His introduction to the ancient theater went through three editions and was translated into Greek. There are also translations of Greek tragedies into German: Euripides , Iphigenie in Aulis (2014) and Aeschylus , Sieben gegen Theben (2017).

As a doctoral supervisor, he supervised the dissertations of Karl-Heinz Gerschmann , Susanne Gödde and Theodor Heinze, among others .

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies on the language and style of the writing περὶ ὕψους . Göttingen 1963 (dissertation)
  • Menander's 'Samia'. An interpretation . Darmstadt 1974 (habilitation thesis, University of Münster)
  • Introduction to ancient theater . Darmstadt 1978. 2nd, revised edition 1984. 3rd edition 1991
    • Greek translation by Maria Iatrou: Εισαγωγή στο αρχαίο θέατρο . Athens 1986
  • Menander . Darmstadt 1998. Reprint 2010 ( income from research 293)
  • Menander: Dyskolos / The Misanthrope, Greek / German . Stuttgart 2007
  • Euripides: Iphigenia in Aulis. Translation, Notes and Afterword . Stuttgart 2014
Editing
  • with Friedhelm Mann : Platonism and Christianity. Festschrift for Heinrich Dörrie . Münster 1983. 2nd edition 1985
  • Orbis Antiquus . 1990-2007
  • with Cay Lienau : Choregia. Münster studies in Greece . 2007ff.

literature

  • Susanne Gödde, Theodor Heinze (ed.): Skenika. Contributions to the ancient theater and its reception. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Horst-Dieter Blume Darmstadt 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The original recordings and copies on music cassettes are in the archive of the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Göttingen.
  2. ↑ List of performances (accessed on January 27, 2015).
  3. ↑ De sublimitate libellus. Post Ottonem Iahn quartum edidit Ioannes Vahlen. Conspectum librorum post annum MCMX edidit atque indices verborum et nominum composuit et adiecit Horst-Dieter Blume . Stuttgart 1967.
personal data
SURNAME Blume, Horst-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen