Wilhelm Kierdorf
Wilhelm Kierdorf (born January 25, 1938 in Cologne ) is a German classical philologist .
Wilhelm Kierdorf studied at the University of Cologne , where he did a thesis on the experience and representation of the Persian Wars. Studies on Simonides, Pindar, Aeschylus and the Attic speakers in 1963, during his studies he was a scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk Episcopal Study Fund . In 1976 he completed his habilitation with the thesis Laudatio funebris. Interpretations and investigations into the development of the Roman funeral speech at the Ruhr University Bochum . In 1980 he became an adjunct professor of classical philology there and remained so until his retirement. Kierdorf obtained a text edition with an introduction, critical apparatus and commentary on the life of Claudius and Nero des Suetonius .
Works
- Experience and representation of the Persian Wars. Studies on Simonides, Pindar, Aeschylus and the Attic speakers , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965 ( Hypomnemata , vol. 16)
- Laudation funebris. Interpretations and studies on the development of the Roman funeral speech , Meisenheim am Glan, Hain 1980 (Contributions to Classical Philology, H. 106) ISBN 3-445-01941-X
- Roman historiography of the republican era , Winter, Heidelberg 2003 (Kalliope, Vol. 3) ISBN 3-8253-1520-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Kierdorf in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kierdorf, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |