Johann Philipp Krebs

Johann Philipp Krebs (born July 7, 1771 in Glaucha near Halle ; † September 28, 1850 in Weilburg ) was a German classical philologist and high school teacher.

Life

Krebs was educated at the humanistic grammar school in Halle (Saale) and studied classical philology with Friedrich August Wolf in Halle from 1788–95 . In 1795 he became a collaborator at the Philippinum grammar school in Weilburg . In 1800 he was appointed Conrector. Until his retirement in 1837 he taught and researched at the Philippinum. On the occasion of his 50th anniversary as a teacher and researcher, the city of Weilburg held a festival in his honor in 1845.

Krebs is the author of numerous Latin textbooks that were widely distributed in the 19th century. He was particularly concerned with Latin stylistics and published a work Instructions for Writing Latin , the third edition of which in 1822 contained the much-received anti-barbarus of the Latin language for the first time , which makes important statements about the classical use of Latin. The Antibarbarus was decoupled from the work in 1832 and has been reissued several times since then. It also appeared in English ( Guide for Writing Latin in translation by Samuel H. Taylor, 1845). After the death of Krebs, Franz Xaver Allgayer got the fifth edition in 1867. The seventh, last edition by Joseph Hermann Schmalz appeared in 1907 and was last reproduced in 1984.

Krebs also wrote a Greek grammar. His son Rudolf Krebs (1804–1881), who also taught at the Weilburger Gymnasium, published the sixth edition in 1836.

Fonts (selection)

• Sophoclis Philoctetes, Euripidis Hecuba, Medea, Iphigenia In Aulide. In usum scholarum et academiarum recudit et varietate lectionis Augeri curavit D. Aug. Hermann. Niemeyer. Editio altera emendatior cui indicem copiosissimum adiecit Ioannes Philippus Krebs . Hall 1797
• P. Ovidius Naso's festival calendar . Frankfurt am Main 1799 ( P. Ovidius Naso translated all works 3)
• Greek reading book for the first beginner along with a short grammar . Frankfurt am Main 1801. 4th, improved edition 1819. 5th, very improved edition 1826
• Des Publius Virgilius Maro Rural Poems or Ten Eclogues and Agriculture translated four books and accompanied by notes . Frankfurt 1805 ( Virgil's works translated into German 2)
• Latin reader according to the sequence of stages in the theory of forms . Gießen 1810. 4th, improved and with appendices enlarged edition 1820
• Instructions for writing Latin in rules and examples for practice . Frankfurt am Main 1819. 4th, improved and increased edition 1825. 6th, improved and increased edition 1830. 8th, improved and increased edition 1837. 11th, improved and increased edition 1860
• Handbook of philological book studies for philologists and learned school men . Two volumes, Bremen 1822–1823
• Practical metrics of the Latin language in examples for reading and copying the excellent syllable measures that occur in the ancients for use in schools of scholars. An appendix to each Latin metric . Heidelberg / Leipzig 1826
• P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri sex. Ad optimorum librorum fidem recensuit, lectionis diversitatem et alias observationibus adiecit Io. Phil. Krebsius . Wiesbaden 1826
• M. Tullii Ciceronis Orationes in L. Catilinam IV. Et per P. Sulla. Ex recensione Orelliana cum selecta lectionis diversitate editionum maxime recentiorum et praemissis argumentis Paulli Manutii . Giessen 1828
• Short accent theory of Greek words. A supplementary addendum to my Greek grammar and my Greek reader . Frankfurt am Main 1830
• Latin anti-barbarus. Along with preliminary remarks on the purity and elegance of speech . Frankfurt am Main 1832. Later editions under the title:
  • Antibarbarus of the Latin language. In two sections, with preliminary remarks on pure Latinity . 2nd improved and greatly increased edition 1837. 3rd revised and increased edition 1843
• Vitam Caroli Sigonii, viri singulari virtute, moribus, ingenio, doctrina, meritis praediti ad imitandum iuventuti, exposuit, indicemque eius librorum abiecit Jo. Phil. Krebsius . Weilburg 1837 (school program)
• Carl Sigonius, one of the greatest humanists of the sixteenth century, a role model for all students . Frankfurt am Main 1840

literature

• Friedrich August Eckstein : Nomenclator philologorum . Leipzig 1871, p. 304f.
• Wilhelm Pökel : Philological writer's lexicon . Leipzig 1882, p. 145
• H .:  Krebs, Johann Philipp . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 98.

Web links

Wikisource: Johann Philipp Krebs  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by Johann Philipp Krebs in the catalog of the German National Library