Niklas Holzberg

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Niklas Holzberg (born June 24, 1946 in Dillingen an der Donau ) is a German classical philologist .

After studying classical philology, he was awarded the dissertation “Menander. Investigations on Dramatic Technique ”at the University of Erlangen and habilitated there in 1979. In 1982 he received the advancement award of the city of Nuremberg . From 1983 until his retirement in 2011 he was a professor at the University of Munich (since 1988 C3 professor). His main research interests are ancient narrative prose and erotic poetry.

Works

His best-known publication is the treatise The Ancient Roman (1st edition 1986, 2nd edition 2001, 3rd edition 2006), which was translated into English in 1995, Dutch in 1998, Polish in 2003 and Slovenian in 2004. His biographies on the Roman poets Ovid , Virgil and Horace also attracted attention .

  • Menander. Studies on dramatic technique (= Erlangen contributions to linguistics and art studies. Volume 50). Carl, Nuremberg 1974, ISBN 3-418-00050-9 .
  • Willibald Pirckheimer. Greek humanism in Germany (= Humanist Library. Series I, Volume 41). Fink, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7705-1889-6 .
  • The ancient novel. An introduction (= Artemis Introductions. Volume 25). Artemis, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-7608-1325-9 (new editions 2001, 2006).
  • Martial ( Heidelberg study books on classical studies ). Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1988, ISBN 3-533-04004-6 .
  • The Roman power of love. An introduction. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-534-10421-8 (new editions 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015).
  • The ancient fable. An introduction. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-11633-X (new editions 2001, 2012).
  • Ovid. Poet and work. CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41919-4 (new editions 1998, 2005, 2016).
  • Catullus. The poet and his erotic work. CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48531-6 (new editions 2002, 2003).
  • Martial and the ancient epigram. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-534-15083-X (new edition 2012).
  • Virgil. The poet and his work. CH Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-53588-7 .
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53621-2 .
  • Horace. Poet and work. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-57962-2 .
  • Aristophanes. Sex and ridicule and politics. CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60592-5 .

There are also various bilingual editions of ancient works.

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personal data
SURNAME Holzberg, Niklas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen on the Danube