Martinus Balticus
Martinus Balticus (* around 1532 in Munich ; † 1601 in Ulm ) was a teacher , playwright and poet .
Life
Coming from a poor background, Balticus received lessons in Latin and Greek from Pastor Zacharias Weichsner in Bruck . For six years he went to Joachimsthal , where Johannes Mathesius continued to teach him and prepared him for studies in Wittenberg , where Philipp Melanchthon influenced him.
He returned to Munich from his studies in 1553 and took over his position at the Latin school as Hieronymus Ziegler's successor . Since he took the Protestant standpoint, he could no longer stay in his hometown and in 1559 switched to the Latin school in Ulm. In Ulm he actively campaigned for the further development of schools.
Balticus wrote poems in Latin at an early stage. His poems, which he himself translated into German, are full of thought and are gripping in their popularity. Encouraged by Melanchthon, who is considered the inventor of school dramas, he worked intensively on their elaboration in the religious style.
Works
- Daniel Augsburg 1558
- Tobias 1558, missing unknown
- Cyclops des Euripides (Latin translation)
- Josephus Ulm 1579 (drama)
- Christogonia Ulm 1589
- Senacheribus Ulm 1590 (drama)
- Latin poems in Poematum libri tu. Augsburg 1560
literature
- Karl von Reinhardstöttner : Martinus Balticus. A humanist life from the sixteenth century (= Bavarian Library. Volume 1). Buchner, Bamberg 1890 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Thürauf: Balticus, Martinus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 568 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wolfgang F. Michael : Balticus, Martinus. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.), Walther Killy (original): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. Volume 1. 2., completely revised edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, pp. 322–323.
- Wilhelm Scherer : Balticus, Martinus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 32 f.
- Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (ed.): General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts. Part 7. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1821, p. 281 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balticus, Martinus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pedagogue, playwright and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1532 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1601 |
| Place of death | Ulm |