Michael Reichel

Michael Reichel (born September 24, 1960 in Düsseldorf ) is a German classical philologist ( Graecist ).

Reichel studied Classical Philology and Comparative Linguistics at the Universities of Freiburg and Oxford from 1979 to 1985 . From 1985 on he was a research assistant in Freiburg. In 1990 he received his doctorate with Wolfgang Kullmann's dissertation on long-distance relationships in the Iliad and was appointed university assistant. In addition to his teaching activities, he worked on the interdisciplinary collaborative research center on transitions and areas of tension between orality and writing . From 1992 to 1993 he was a postdoctoral fellow from the German Research Foundation . He achieved his habilitation in 1996 with the font Xenophons Kyrupädie and the creation of fictional prose . From 1997 to 1999 he represented various Latin and Greek professorships as a private lecturer, before he was appointed C4 professor for Classical Philology (especially Greek Studies ) in 1999 to succeed Bernhard Zimmermann at the University of Düsseldorf .

Reichel's concern is to anchor interdisciplinary working methods in classical philology, both with cultural studies and with all other human sciences (including psychology, cultural anthropology and sociobiology). His main areas of research include the Greek epic (especially Homer ), Xenophon , ancient autobiography, and ancient drama.

Fonts (selection)

• Long-distance relationships in the Iliad . Tübingen 1994. ISBN 3-8233-4277-0

Editing

• with Wolfgang Kullmann: The transition from orality to literature among the Greeks . Tübingen 1990. ISBN 3-8233-4479-X
• with Antonios Rengakos : Epea pteroenta: Contributions to Homerforschung. Festschrift for Wolfgang Kullmann on his 75th birthday . Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-515-07980-7
• Ancient autobiographies: works - epochs - genres . Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2005. ISBN 3-412-10505-8

Web links

• Literature by Michael Reichel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Michael Reichel