Karl-Wilhelm Weeber

Karl-Wilhelm Weeber at the Federal Congress of the German Classical Philology Association 2010 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Karl-Wilhelm Weeber (born May 13, 1950 in Witten ) is a German classical philologist and historian . Some of his books appeared under the spellings Carl Wilhelm Weber and Carl W. Weber .

Weeber studied Classical Philology , History , Etruscology and Archeology at the University of Bochum and in Rome. In 1977, he was with a thesis on the fourth book of the Roman poet Propertius doctorate . Weeber then went to school; he served as headmaster until 31 August 2010, the Wilhelm Gymnasium Dörpfeld Wuppertal . He is also a lecturer for the didactics of ancient languages at the University of Bochum and honorary professor for ancient history at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . At times he was the head of Latin at the Düsseldorf study seminar .

Weeber mainly works on the cultural history of antiquity . His publications try to show the relevance of antiquity to the present. Weeber tries to bring them closer in the popular scientific sense to an audience for whom broad access to the original texts of Greco-Roman antiquity is difficult or is completely obscured by means of a vivid and contemporary style. In relation to antiquity, Weeber also analyzes modern terms and current issues, such as: B. Environmental protection ( smog over Attica. Environmental behavior in antiquity. 1990) and sports ethics ( The unholy games. The ancient Olympia between legend and reality. 1991). His reference work Everyday Life in Ancient Rome. [City life.] An encyclopedia. (1995 u. Ö.) Is a well-known lexicon on ancient everyday life in the German-speaking cultural area.

Weeber became known to a wider audience through television appearances. In 2012 he assisted presenter Matthias Opdenhövel on the ARD show Bread and Games as a Roman expert and gave insights into everyday life and the culture of life 2000 years ago.

Fonts

(Selection; in alphabetical order)

• Everyday life in ancient Rome. The country life. A lexicon . Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7608-1963-X
• Everyday life in ancient Rome. [City life.] An encyclopedia . Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-1091-8
• Athens. Rise and size of the ancient city-state , Econ, Düsseldorf a. Vienna 1979 (first edition), ISBN 3-430-19537-3
• Bathing, playing, laughing. How the Romans spent their free time. Primus, Darmstadt 2007 (= story told: Vol. 9), ISBN 978-3896783462
• Decius was here ... The best of the Roman graffiti scene . Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 1996 (Antike Aktuell), ISBN 3-7608-1131-0
• The Spartans. Unveiling a legend , Econ, Düsseldorf a. Vienna 1977 (first edition), ISBN 3-430-19536-5
• The unholy games. Ancient Olympia between legend and reality . Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-1059-4
• Diogenes. The thoughts and deeds of the cheekiest and most unusual of all Greek philosophers . Nymphenburger in the FA Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Munich 1987 (4th edition 2003), ISBN 3-485-00890-7
• History of the Etruscans . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1997, ISBN 3-7608-1093-4
• Thank Hellas! What Europe owes the Greeks . Siedler, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8275-0009-0
• Ancient humor . von Zabern, Mainz 1991 ( cultural history of the ancient world ), ISBN 3-8053-1246-6
• Latin reloaded. Because of Denglisch - all only Latin! Primus, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-751-4
• Luxury in ancient Rome. The public splendor . Primus, Darmstadt 2006 ISBN 3-89678-296-7
• Luxury in ancient Rome. The revelry, the sweet poison ... . Primus, Darmstadt 2003, ISBN 3-89678-239-8
• At the end of your Latin? . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-34003-6
• Muses on the phone. Why we all speak like the ancient Greeks without knowing it. Darmstadt: Primus, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89678-359-2
• Night life in ancient Rome . Primus, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-89678-256-8
• Panem et circenses. Mass entertainment as politics in ancient Rome . Econ, Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-430-19538-1 ; New edition 1994: von Zabern, Mainz 1994 (special issues of the Antiken Welt / Zabern's illustrated books on archeology . Vol. 15), ISBN 3-8053-1580-5
• Pericles. The golden age of Athens . List, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-471-79146-9 , ( List Library )
• Roman German. Why we all speak Latin without knowing it . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2006 ( The Other Library, Vol. 249), ISBN 3-8218-4543-0
• Thank Rome! Why we are all Caesar's heirs . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2010 (The Other Library, Vol. 312), ISBN 978-3-8218-4775-7
• Look up at Caesar. The right Latin quote for all cases . Nymphenburger, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-485-00911-3
• Smog over Attica. Environmental behavior in antiquity . Artemis & Winkler, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7608-1026-8
• Election campaign in ancient Rome . Patmos, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 3-491-35008-5
• How Julius Caesar got into the fan mile. The slightly different introduction to Latin . Herder, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-30203-9
• Latin - there is still something going on! Tailwind for Caesar & Co. Theiss, Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 9783806233414 .
• Spectaculum. The invention of the show in ancient Rome. Herder, Freiburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-38174-4

Web links

Commons : Karl-Wilhelm Weeber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Karl-Wilhelm Weeber in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Neue Geschichte-Show in the First ( Memento from November 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) WDR (online), Interview with Karl-Wilhelm Weeber