Joachim Ebert

Joachim Ebert (born March 6, 1930 in Rabenstein ; † October 1, 1999 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German classical philologist and sports historian.

Joachim Ebert passed his Abitur in 1948 and was then initially a laborer until 1949. In 1949/50 he attended the teacher training college in Koethen and was then an elementary school teacher for several weeks. In the same year he began studying classical philology and physical education at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and graduated in 1956 with the state examination. He then became a research assistant at the Institute for Physical Education at the MLU, and in 1959 at the Institute for Classical Studies. In April 1961 Ebert received his doctorate with Werner Peek and Gerhard Lukas with a thesis on the subject of the Pentathlon of antiquity . After completing his doctorate, Ebert became a senior assistant at the seminar or research assistant after the restructuring to the Institute for Classical Philology. In January 1969 he completed his habilitation with the work Greek epigrams for winners at gymnastic and hipster agons , reviewers were again Peek and Lukas and Berthold Häsler . In September 1983 he became a full professor for Classical Philology in the Oriental and Classical Studies section of the MLU. In his work, Ebert combined sports science with classical philology and ancient history .

Fonts

• To the ancient pentathlon. Investigations into the system of determining the winners and the execution of the holder jump. (Treatises of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 56, No. 1). Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1963
• Greek epigrams for winners in gymnastic and hipster agons. (= Treatises of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 63, No. 2). Academy, Berlin 1972.
  • English translation: The Ancient Pentathlon. Selection of the over-all winner and method of jumping. (PDF; 83 kB)
  • French translation: Sur le pentathlon de l'Antiquité, La méthode de désigner le vainqueur et la façon de sauter. (PDF; 86 kB)
• as editor: Olympia. From the beginning to Coubertin. Koehler and Amelang, Leipzig 1980 (also as: Olympia. Myth and History of Modern Competitions. Edition Tusch, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-85063-009-0 )
• with Hans-Dieter Zimmermann (Ed.): Inner and outer integration of the ancient sciences. Conference on the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Seminarium Philologicum Halense by Friedrich August Wolf on October 15, 1787. (= Congress and conference reports of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg / Scientific articles from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. 1989, 36: C, 47) Scientific publications from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle 1989. ISBN 3-86010-4 .
• as editor: 100 Years of the Archaeological Museum in Halle 1891 - 1991. On the history of the Robertinum, its collections and scientific disciplines. (= Scientific contributions from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. 1991, 19: C, 50). Scientific publications of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle 1991, ISBN 3-86010-292-3
• Agonismata. Small philological writings on the literature, history and culture of antiquity. Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-519-07430-3

literature

• Lothar Mertens : Lexicon of the GDR historians. Biographies and bibliographies on the historians from the German Democratic Republic. Saur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-11673-X , p. 191.

Web links

• Literature by and about Joachim Ebert in the catalog of the German National Library