Max Treu (Byzantinist)

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Max Treu (full name Ernst Albert Maximilian Treu , born May 14, 1842 in Stendal , † July 29, 1915 in Berlin-Schlachtensee ) was a German classical philologist , Byzantine scholar and grammar school director.

life and work

Max Treu, the son of a pharmacist, grew up in Stendal in the Altmark , where he attended grammar school and passed his school leaving examination on March 26, 1861. He then studied Classical Philology at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . On November 15, 1864, he passed the teaching examination in the subjects German, Latin, Greek and religion; he did not pursue a doctorate .

Treu spent his professional career in the Prussian school service. After the probationary year at the high school in Pyritz (Pomerania) he worked at various high schools in Silesia : From October 1, 1865 to March 31, 1871 as a regular teacher in Jauer , from April 1, 1871 to March 31, 1872 as a senior teacher on Friedrichsgymnasium in Breslau , from April 1, 1873 to September 30, 1877 as prorector at the grammar school in Waldenburg . On June 27, 1877 he was appointed director of the grammar school in Ohlau and received the title of professor; he took this office on October 1, 1877. On October 1, 1883, he was appointed director of the Friedrichsgymnasium in Breslau, where he worked for almost 10 years. Treu was in lively exchange with other scientists and educators in the provincial capital. Among other things, he was elected a real member of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture .

On April 1, 1893, Treu was appointed director of the Viktoria-Gymnasium in Potsdam . So he left Silesia and moved to Berlin-Schlachtensee . During the 15 years that he worked at the Viktoria-Gymnasium up to his retirement, he received numerous honors: The Philosophical Faculty of Berlin University awarded him an honorary doctorate on December 24, 1897 . In 1900 he was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class, and in 1907 (on the occasion of his retirement), the Order of the Crown, 3rd class.

In addition to his school service, Treu, who had never aspired to an academic career, was scientifically active throughout his life. During his years in Jauer and Waldenburg he published three treatises on the transmission history of various writings by Plutarch . His treatises have appeared in school programs and various philological journals ( Byzantine Journal , Hermes , Philologus ). Of particular importance were his editions of the letters of Maximos Planudes (Breslau 1890), the speeches of Nikephoros Chrysoberges (* approx. 1160, † after 1213 ?; 1892), the poems of Theodoros Metochites (1895) and the speeches of Manuel Holobolos ( * approx. 1245, † 1310/14; Potsdam 1906–1907). He also described a large part of the Greek manuscripts in the Wroclaw City Library for a catalog that appeared in 1889. He was unable to complete an edition of the more than 200 letters of Patriarch Gregory II of Cyprus .

Fonts (selection)

  • De Plutarchi libellis qui in codice Tischendorfiano VII. Insunt dissertatio . Jauer 1867 (school program)
  • De codicibus nonnullis Parisinis Plutarchi Moralium narratio . Jauer 1871 (school program)
  • The so-called Lampria catalog of Plutarch scripts . Waldenburg 1873 (school program)
  • Hapluchiris Michaelis versus e codice Neapolitano . Waldenburg 1874 (school program)
  • On the history of the tradition of Plutarch's Moralia 1 . Waldenburg 1877 (school program)
  • Maximi Planudis comparatio hiemis et veris . Ohlau 1878 (school program)
  • Excerpta anonymi Byzantini ex codice Parisino suppl. gr. 607 A . Ohlau 1880 (school program)
  • On the history of the tradition of Plutarch's Moralia 2 . Ohlau 1881 (school program)
  • On the history of the tradition of Plutarch's Moralia 3 . Breslau 1884 (school program)
  • Maximi Monachi Planudis Epistulae . 5 parts, Breslau 1886–1890 (school program); separately, Breslau 1890. Reprinted in Amsterdam 1960
  • Collaboration: Catalogus codicum Graecorum, qui in bibliotheca urbica Vratislaviensi adservantur . Wroclaw 1889
  • Nicephori Chrysobergae ad Angelos orationes tres . Breslau 1892 (school program)
  • Eustathii Macrembolitae quae feruntur aenigmata . Breslau 1893 (school program)
  • Seals of the great logothet Theodorus Metochites . Breslau 1895 (school program)
  • Theodori Pediasimi eiusque amicorum quae exstant . Potsdam 1899 (school program)
  • Matthew, Metropolitan of Ephesus . Potsdam 1901 (school program)
  • Manuelis Holoboli Orationes I . Potsdam 1906 (school program)
  • Manuelis Holoboli Orationes II . Potsdam 1907 (school program)

literature

  • Eugen Geisler: Max Treu (Nekrolog) . In: Annual report of the Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture . Year 93, 1915, Volume 1 (1916), Nekrologe, pp. 41–44 full text (with list of publications).
  • German biographical yearbook . 1. Volume 1914-1916 (1925), p. 342.

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personal data
SURNAME Faithful, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Treu, Ernst Albert Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist, Byzantine scholar and grammar school director
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1915
Place of death Berlin-Schlachtensee