Walter Hofmann (classical philologist)
Walter Hofmann (born November 4, 1925 in Zittau ) is a German classical philologist .
Life
Walter Hofmann studied Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Leipzig after his deployment in World War II . In 1954 he was at Franz Dornseiff with the dissertation the gods, their functions and epithets at Hesiod and Homer doctorate . His habilitation took place in Leipzig in 1964. In 1974 he was appointed associate professor for classical philology. In 1990 he retired.
Walter Hofmann and Jürgen Werner were the only representatives of classical philology at the University of Leipzig until 1990. He was mainly concerned with Latin poetry, especially with the comedies of Plautus and the epigrams of Martial . From 1963 to 1970 he was co-editor of the Greek series of the Library of Antiquity , of which he was a member of the scientific advisory board until 1990. He has published translations of various Plautus comedies in Reclam's Universal Library , including Miles Gloriosus (1965), Amphitruo, Aulularia, Mostellaria (1971) and Menaechmi (1977).
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 1992 edition, Volume 1, p. 1493.
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Hofmann in the catalog of the German National Library
First chair (from 1985 Greek studies ): Johann Friedrich Christ (1739–1756) | Johann August Ernesti (1756–1770) | August Wilhelm Ernesti (1770–1801) | Gottfried Hermann (1803–1848) | Reinhold Klotz (1849–1870) | Ludwig Lange (1871–1885) | Kurt Wachsmuth (1886–1905) | Erich Bethe (1906–1931) | Jürgen Werner (1985–1996) | Kurt Sier (since 1996)
Second chair (since 1974 Latin studies ): Friedrich Wolfgang Reiz (1782–1785) | Christian Daniel Beck (1785-1819) | Friedrich August Wilhelm Spohn (1819–1824) | Christian Daniel Beck (1825-1832) | Anton Westermann (1834–1865) | Friedrich Ritschl (1865–1876) | Otto Ribbeck (1877–1898) | Friedrich Marx (1899–1906) | Richard Heinze (1906–1929) | Friedrich Klingner (1930–1947) | Franz Dornseiff (1948–1960) | Walter Hofmann (1974–1990) | Ekkehard Stark (1992-2001) | Marcus Deufert (since 2003)
Third chair: Otto Jahn (1847–1850) | Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch (1852–1861) | Georg Curtius (1862-1885) | Erwin Rohde (1886)
Fourth chair: Justus Hermann Lipsius (1877–1914) | Bruno Keil (1914–1916) | Alfred Körte (1917–1934) | Wolfgang Schadewaldt (1934–1941) | Karl Reinhardt (1942–1946)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zittau |