Matheton agon
The Matheton Agon is a prize from the Vischer-Heussler Foundation and the Institute for Classical Philology at the University of Basel for the best Matura thesis in Greek or the most innovative Abitur or Baccalauréat work or specialist work as an expanded GFS (equivalent determination of student performance in Baden-Württemberg ) and has been advertised annually since 2006.
All pupils in Switzerland and the RegioTriRhena (Basel) are eligible to participate . The topics for this may come from the entire spectrum of Greek philology. For example, the works can consist of a literary and linguistic interpretation by an author or a specific text passage, provide editions and comments on texts or go into the reception history of authors, texts and motifs; In general, all works are accepted that are of a high level and deal with the most varied of aspects of the Greek language, literature and culture.
The work submitted should be around 25 pages long. It can also be higher. The papers can be written in German, French, Italian, English and ancient Greek.
Theses written by high school students outside of the Matura can also be submitted if they meet the requirements of a Matura thesis. This should be ensured by the assessment and, if necessary, supervision of a Greek teacher employed at the school.
Award winners
- 2005:
- 1st prize: Tobias Krapf ( canton school at Burggraben St. Gallen) for the reconstruction of the Minoan palace of Knossos by Sir Arthur Evans. Criticism and reception
- 2nd prize: Xenja Herren (Gymnasium Oberaargau) for commentary on Pausanias. Text passages 10.5.5. – 5.11; 10.6.5; 10.12.1-12.3 and 10.12.8-12.11 as well as
- 2nd prize (ex aequo): David Mache (canton school at Burggraben St. Gallen) for Codex 1972. "A little speech about greed". Transcription and translation of an unedited manuscript from the St. Gallen Abbey Library
- 2006:
- 1st prize: Irene Bräunlich (Zurich Oberland Cantonal School) for Phantion. An ancient Greek story
- 2nd prize: Hélène Perrin (Lycée Denis-de-Rougemont, Neuchâtel) for Socrate et ses contemporains: réactions face au personnage public
- Special prize: Maria-Theresia Gekenidis, Michelle Neuhaus, Jonas Huber ( Alte Kantonsschule Aarau ) for the importance of ancient languages: ancient languages - or yesterday is today
- 2007:
- 1st prize: Simone Balmelli (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for Il concetto medico di metabolé nell'opera storiografica di Tucidide
- 2nd prize: Sara Privitera (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for La costituzione spartana ei Socratici
- 2nd prize: Elisa Dolci (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for La donna nell'oikos omerico
- Special prize: Manuel Stehli ( Kantonsschule Frauenfeld ) for image design based on Homer. Text understanding and creative implementation .
- 2008:
- 1st prize: Valentina Carlini (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for Forme di canto nei poemi omerici
- 1st prize: Pascal Borgeaud ( Kantonsschule Oerlikon , Zurich) for Cartographic Basics with Herodotus
- Special prize: Sebastiano Conforti (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for Il Prognostico e le Epidemie, due opere ippocratiche a confronto
- Special prize: Claudio Petrini (Liceo Cantonale, Lugano) for La diottra di Archimede e le teorie astronomiche di Aristarco
- 2009:
- 1st prize: Eben Freeman (High Promenade High School, Zurich High School) for "Φιλοσοφικὴ Χρονοκατάβασις" [a fictional platonic dialogue between Wittgenstein and Socrates in ancient Greek]
- 2nd Prize: Sandra Auderset (Free High School Bern) for "Philosophy of Antiquity, explained using 8 terms"
- 2nd prize: Giulia Panzeri (Liceo Cantonale Lugano) for "Il mito di Cassandra dalle origini a Eschilo"
- 2010:
- 1st prize: Eva Bianchi (Liceo di Bellinzona) for "Odissea libraria intorno al mediterraneo"
- 2nd prize: Marc Mouquin (Gymnase de la Cité, Lausanne) for "Naissance de l'antijudaïsme dans les Evangiles"
- 2011:
- 1st prize: Michel Kessler ( Gymnasium am Münsterplatz ) for "On the origin of ancient pessimism. Hesiod's myth of the age and its influence on Greco-Roman thought"
- 1st prize: Samira Müller (Kantonsschule Wiedikon) for "Ἡ ΘΕΟΓΟΝΙΑ - as a comic"