Hugo Jurenka
Hugo Jurenka (born May 24, 1858 in Hungarian Hradisch , Moravia , † February 10, 1920 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical philologist .
life and work
Hugo Jurenka studied classical philology at the University of Vienna from 1876 to 1880 , especially with Wilhelm von Hartel . From 1880 he taught Greek and Latin at the Viennese grammar schools, initially in Josefstadt . On January 23, 1883, he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . In his (unpublished) dissertation he dealt with the poems titled Ibis by the Greek poet Callimachos and the Roman poet Ovid . From 1884 Jurenka taught at the grammar school in Wiener Neustadt , from 1890 until his retirement in 1910 at the Maximiliansgymnasiumin Vienna IX. In addition to his school service, Jurenka also worked at the University of Vienna, where he completed his habilitation in 1895 and in 1908 received the title of extraordinary professor. In 1912 he was appointed to the government council.
Jurenka's research focus was ancient poetry, especially archaic Greek poetry and tragedy. He published critical and exegetical studies on Pindar , Bakchylides , Archilochus and Aeschylus .
Fonts (selection)
- Contributions to the criticism of the Ovidian heroids . Vienna 1881 (school program)
- De Ibidibus Callimachea et Ovidiana quaestio critica . Vienna 1882 (dissertation, unprinted)
- Quaestiones criticae. I. De Callimacho Apollonii Rhodii inimico. II. Coniecturae ad Heroides Ovidianas . Vienna 1885 (school program)
- Pindar's first and third Olympic odes: samples of an exegetical-critical edition . Vienna 1894 (school program)
- Development of the Greek Epinicion up to Pindar . Vienna 1895 (school program)
- The newly found songs of Bakchylides. Text, translation and commentary . Vienna 1898
- Archilochus of Paros. Represented from the fragments . Vienna 1900 (school program)
- Aeschylus. Persae . Leipzig 1902
- A selection from the Roman poets with Greek parallels, edited and explained . Two volumes, Leipzig 1903. 2nd, improved edition (obtained from Josef Mesk), Leipzig 1912
literature
- Jurenka, Hugo. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 156.
- Gerhard Baader : Jurenka, Hugo. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 701 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by Hugo Jurenka in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jurenka, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungarian Hradisch , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1920 |
| Place of death | Vienna |