Peter Schenk (philologist)
Peter Schenk (* 1953 ) is a German classical philologist .
Life
He was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . The German Research Foundation funded him from 1990 to 1993 with a habilitation grant . Since the Habilitation 1995 and his appointment as lecturer he has been a teacher (1999-2008) and Director of Studies (since 2008) in university teaching at the Institute of Archeology of the University of Cologne operates. In 2001 he was appointed adjunct professor at the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of Cologne.
His main research interests are the Roman biographer Cornelius Nepos , the literature of the Roman Empire and neo-Latin literature (in particular Erasmus of Rotterdam ).
Fonts (selection)
- The shape of the rotation in Virgil's Aeneid (= contributions to classical philology. Volume 164). Hain, Königstein 1984, ISBN 3-445-02344-1 (also dissertation, Cologne 1983).
- The leaving of Heracles. An example of the epic art of Valerius Flaccus (Argonautica III 598-725) (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, humanities and social science class. Year 1986, No. 1). Academy of Sciences and Literature, among others, Mainz 1986, ISBN 3-515-04692-5 .
- Studies on the poetic art of Valerius Flaccus. Observations on the development of the war theme in the Argonautica (= Zetemata . Volume 102). Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45314-7 (also habilitation thesis, Cologne 1995).
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| SURNAME | Schenk, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |