Hugo Rabe

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Hugo Rabe (born April 9, 1867 in Hanover ; † February 10, 1932 there ) was a German classical philologist .

life and work

Hugo Rabe, the son of a primary school teacher, attended Lyzeum II in Hanover and then studied classical philology, history and German . He spent the first semester at the University of Göttingen , where he heard among others Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff and Hermann Sauppe . He later moved to the University of Bonn , where he was particularly influenced by Hermann Usener . He introduced Rabe to Greek rhetoric, which was his research focus throughout his life. After graduating as Dr. phil. (1890) and the First State Examination (1891), Rabe deepened his studies for a semester at the Berlin University , where he came into contact with Hermann Diels .

Easter 1892 came Rabe seminary year at the Lyceum I in Hanover, Easter 1893, the year of probation at the local secondary school I. At the same time he published his first text output: The second book De anima of Aristotle (1891) and Syrians Comments Hermogenes of Tarsus (1892- 1893); both orders were based on suggestions from Hermann Diels. For three years Rabe worked as a scientific assistant teacher in Hanover before he was permanently employed as a senior teacher at Lyzeum II in Hanover on April 1, 1897. In order to continue his research he was often given leave and financial support, which enabled him to view manuscripts in various libraries. In this context, other text editions were created: The late antique rhetoric comments (1896), the writing De aeternitate mundi by Johannes Philoponos (1899), the Lukian Scholien (1906) and the Hermogenes edition (1913).

For health reasons, Rabe, who had held the title of high school professor since 1909, retired on April 1, 1915. For a few years he taught on behalf of other teachers at Lyceum II who fought in the First World War. In retirement, Rabe tirelessly continued his scientific work. In addition to text editions and essays, he published annual literature reports on handwriting photography in the Philological Weekly until his death . In 1928 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Rabe prepared a corpus of the Greek rhetoricians, which he could no longer complete. His estate came to the Prussian Academy of Sciences , where it was edited by Rudolf Güngerich and Paulheinz Ahlert .

Fonts (selection)

  • De Theophrasti libris περὶ λέξεως . Bonn 1890 (dissertation)
  • Aristotelis De anima liber B. Secundum recensionem Vaticanam . Berlin 1891
  • Syriani In Hermogenem commentaria . Two volumes, Leipzig 1892–1893
  • Anonymi et Stephani In artem rhetoricam commentaria . Berlin 1896
  • Ioannes Philoponus De aeternitate mundi contra Proclum . Leipzig 1899. Reprint Hildesheim 1963
  • Scholia in Lucianum; adiectae sunt II tabulae phototypae . Leipzig 1906. Reprint Stuttgart 1971
  • Hermogenis Opera . Leipzig 1913. Reprints Stuttgart 1969, 1985
  • Aphthonii progymnasmata. Accedunt anonymi Aegyptiaci, Sopatri, aliorum fragmenta . Leipzig 1926
  • Ioannis Sardiani Commentarium in Aphthonii progymnasmata . Leipzig 1928
  • Prolegomenon sylloge. Accedit Maximi libellus de obiectionibus insolubilibus . Leipzig 1931. Reprint Stuttgart 1995

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Hugo Rabe  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 194.
personal data
SURNAME Raven, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rabe, Hugo Heinrich Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1932
Place of death Hanover