Johannes Sykutris
Johannes Sykutris (actually Greek Ιωάννης Συκουτρής Ioannis Sykoutris , born December 1, 1901 in Smyrna ; † September 21, 1937 in Corinth ) was a Greek classical philologist .
Life
Sykutris was born in Smyrna when the city was still predominantly Greek . He attended the local evangelical school ( Εὐαγγελικὴ σχολή ) and was able to start studying at the University of Athens in 1919 thanks to his above-average performance with the support of the Archepiscopate of Smyrna . After the conquest of Smyrna by Mustafa Kemal Pasha in the Greco-Turkish War , Sykutris interrupted his studies and went to Cyprus as an assistant teacher. After the war ended, he completed his studies in Athens from 1924 to 1925 and went on a multi-year trip to Germany, where he deepened his studies: first a year in Leipzig , then three years in Berlin , the last year supported by an Alexander scholarship -von-Humboldt Foundation. In Berlin he came into contact with Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , Wilhelm Schubart and Paul Maas .
After his return to Greece, Sykutris taught at the Arsakeion in Athens for a year and worked as a librarian at the Academy of Athens before the university appointed him a lecturer. He was unable to accept a call from the German University of Prague (1933). In the years that followed, he received much criticism for his publications on the Platonic Symposium and ancient Greek pederasty . In 1937 he committed suicide in Corinth before the semester began.
In Greece Sykutris is particularly known as a translator of the poetics of Aristotle and the symposium of Plato . In Germany, its importance is based on numerous publications from the late 20s and early 30s. He dealt with the annotation and emendation of ancient letter literature; especially his research on the age and authorship of the Socratic letters were groundbreaking.
The Academy of Athens named the Ioannis Sykoutris Library after him.
literature
- Διονύσιος Αλικανιώτης: Ιωάννης Συκουτρής. Η ζωή του: 1901-1937. Κάκτος, Athens 2007. - ("Johannes Sykutris. His life: 1901–1937").
- Johannes Theophanes Kakridis : Johannes Sykutris , in: Biographisches Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde 275 (1941), pp. 37-48.
- Alfred Körte : Johannes Sykutris † , in: Gnomon 14 (1938), pp. 62–64.
- Costas P. Kyrris: Ὁ Ἰωάννης Συκουτρῆς καὶ ἡ Κύπρος , in: Κυπριακὰ Χρονικά 1963, pp. 368–379. - ("Johannes Sykutris and Cyprus")
- Παναγιώτης Μαστροδημήτρης : Ιωάννης Συκουτρής - Λίνος Πολίτης: το χρονικό μιας φιλολογακής αντς. In: Η Νεοελληνική σύνθεση. Θέματα και κατευθύνσεις της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας. Νεφέλη, Αθήνα 1999, pp. 315–333.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Sykutris in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Johannes Sykutris in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sykutris, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Συκουτρής, Ιωάννης (elS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Smyrna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1937 |
| Place of death | Corinth |