Michael Weissenberger

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Michael Weißenberger (born March 11, 1959 in Würzburg ) is a German classical philologist .

Life

Weißenberger studied from 1977 to 84 classical philology, history , archeology and comparative linguistics at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg . In 1983/84 he passed the first state examination for teaching at grammar schools in Bavaria and then worked from 1984 to 1987 as a research assistant with Bernd Manuwald at the University of Düsseldorf . After graduating as Dr. phil. In 1986 he received a position there as an academic councilor in 1987 . In 1994 he completed his habilitation in Classical Philology.

In 1998 he accepted a position at the University of Greifswald , where he worked from 1999 to 2013 as a C4 professor for Greek studies . When the Classical Philology course was discontinued in 2013, he was seconded to the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies at the University of Rostock .

Weißenberger deals with Greek literature up to late antiquity. His main research interests are Greek rhetoric and Greek literature of the imperial era . Since summer 2001 he has been co-editor of the magazine Lustrum , for which he wrote an extensive research report on the Attic orator Lysias over the years 1905–2000.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Dokimasiereden of Lysias (Orr. 16,25,26,31) . Frankfurt am Main 1987 (dissertation)
  • Literary theory in Lukian. Research on the 'Lexiphanes' dialogue . Stuttgart 1996 (habilitation thesis)
  • Research report on Lysias 1905–2000 . In: Lustrum . Volume 45 (2003), pp. 7-166
  • Sopatri Quaestionum Divisio / Sopatros: disputes. Outline and elaboration of controversial speeches . Wuerzburg 2010
Editing
  • with Peter Riemer and Bernhard Zimmermann : Introduction to studying Latin studies . Munich 1998. 3rd, revised and updated edition 2013
  • with Peter Riemer and Bernhard Zimmermann: Introduction to the study of Greek studies . Munich 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Kürschner's German Scholar Calendar . 19th edition (2003). Vol. 3, p. 3635