Karl Bapp

Karl Albert Bapp (born March 7, 1863 in Ochtum ; † January 18, 1940 in Oldenburg ) was a German high school teacher and classical philologist .

Karl Bapp attended the Grand Ducal High School in Oldenburg and, after graduating from high school, studied Classical Philology at the University of Leipzig from 1881 , where he received his doctorate in 1885. In the same year he began teaching Greek, Latin and German as a teacher at the Grand Ducal High School in Oldenburg, where he rose to the rank of high school professor.

In addition to his school service, he also continued to work scientifically, published a treatise on Prometheus , articles in the detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology, and studies on Goethe and ancient studies.

Publications (selection)

• De fontibus quibus Athenaeus in rebus musicis lyricisque enarrandis usus sit . In: Studiorum philologicorum Lipsiensium 8, 1885, pp. 87–158 (= dissertation; digitized ).
• Prometheus. A contribution to Greek mythology . Stalling, Oldenburg 1896 ( digitized version ).
• Prometheus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 3032-3110 ( digitized version ).
• From Goethe's Greek world of thought. Goethe and Heraklit along with studies of the poet's involvement in ancient studies (= The Heritage of Antiquity, Series 2, Book 6). Dieterich, Leipzig 1921.
• Goethe and Lucretius . In: Yearbook of the Goethe Society 12, 1926, pp. 47–67.

literature

• Program of the Grand Ducal High School in Oldenburg . Easter 1881, p. 42.
• Program of the Grand Ducal High School in Oldenburg . Easter 1885. p. 8.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death register StA Oldenburg-Stadt, No. 86/1940