Joachim Latacz

Joachim Latacz ( born April 4, 1934 in Katowice ) is a German classical scholar.

Life and research

Joachim Latacz put his high school diploma in 1953 from the Latina of the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale. From 1953 to 1956 he studied classical philology, Indo-European Studies, Ancient History and Archaeology at the Martin -Luther- University Halle- Wittenberg. From 1956 to 1960 he continued his studies in the fields of Classical Philology, Ancient History, Indo-European Studies, Slavic Studies and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, where in 1960 he his First state examination. From 1960 to 1966 he was a research associate at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae under Bruno Snell and Hartmut pea at the University of Hamburg.

In 1963 he was phil at Uvo Hölscher at the FU Berlin for Dr.. doctorate. In 1972 he completed his habilitation ( valued and supported by Ernst Siegmann ) at the University of Würzburg for Classical Philology and there was appointed in 1978 to associate professor. Shortly thereafter, he accepted an appointment to the Chair of Classical Philology ( Gräzistik ) at the University of Mainz, where he was appointed in 1981 to the, statutory Chair of Greek language and literature ' and to the Institute Director at the University of Basel. In 2002, two years before reaching the legal retirement age, he let himself emeritus there.

Latacz was over 20 years one of the main contributors of the archaeologists and Troy researcher Manfred Korfmann. Repeatedly defended its Latacz controversial hypothesis that the Homeric account of the Trojan War basically go back to real historical events in the late Bronze Age, most recently in the debate with Raoul Schrott.

Latacz is a specialist in early Greek literature and culture and is considered one of the most important Homer and epic experts in the German language area. In addition to his teaching, he has numerous publications (over 250 articles) to Homer, early Greek literature and also kicked to the Attic tragedy in appearance. He is currently working on an overall comment of the Iliad, the Basel Homer comment.

On July 11, 2014 Latacz receives Ausonius Award 2014 in recognition of his scientific work as a whole.

Writings (selection, as of October 2010)

Monographs

  • For word field "joy" in the language of Homer ( = library of classical Ancient Studies. Vol 17, ISSN 0067-8201 ). Winter, Heidelberg, 1966 ( thesis FU Berlin 1963).
  • Kampfparänese, martial appearance and reality battle in the Iliad, in Callinus and Tyrtaios ( = Zetemata. H. 66). Beck, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-406-05156-1.
  • Homer. An introduction ( = Artemis - introductions. Vol. 20). Artemis -Verlag, Munich, and others, 1985, ISBN 3-7608-1320-8 (2nd, revised edition as:. .. Homer, the first poet of the West ibid. 1989, 3rd edition Artemis & Winkler, Dusseldorf, among others, 1997; 4, revised and continuously updated rested ibid. 2003, ISBN 3-538-07157-8, in Italian as:. . (. = Biblioteca universale Laterza Vol 314). Omero Il primo poeta dell'Occidente G. Laterza, Rome, among others, 1990, ISBN 88-420-3592-0, in Dutch as: Homer De eerste van het tight Avondland SUN, Nijmegen 1991, ISBN 90-6168-332-7; In English as:. . Homer His art and his world. . University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor MI 1993, ISBN 0-472-10657-0, in modern Greek as: ΌμηροςΟ θεμελιωτής της ευρωπαϊκής λογοτεχνίας Παπαδήμας, Αθήνα 2000, ISBN 960-206-452-8, in the Turkish language as. .: Homer. Batının ilk ozanı. Kitabevi Homer, Istanbul 2001, ISBN 975-8293-23-0 ).
  • Bernhard Kytzler and Klaus Sallmannshausen: Classical writers of antiquity. Literary portraits of Homer to Boethius. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, inter alia, 1992, ISBN 3-458-16209-7.
  • Introduction to Greek Tragedy ( = University Paperbacks 1745). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-8252-1745-0 (2nd, continuously updated edition ibid 2003. ); In the Turkish language as: antique Yunan tragedyalari tüm oyunlar. Tarihçe, inceleme, yorum ( = Mitos Boyut Yayınları tiyatro. Kültür dizisi 68, ZDB - ID 2201526-7 ). Mitos - Boyut Yayinlari, İstanbul, 2006.
  • Development of the ancient world. Small writings on literature of the Greeks and Romans. Edited by Fritz Graf, Jürgen von Ungern- Sternberg, Arbogast Schmitt and Rainer Thiel. Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-519-07425-7.
  • Achilles. Transformations of a European hero image ( Lectio Teubneriana = 3). Teubner, Stuttgart / Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-519-07552-0 ( 2nd edition, unchanged reprint of the first edition. Ibid. 1997, ISBN 3-519-17552-5 ).
  • Bernhard Kytzler and Klaus Sallmannshausen: Small encyclopedia of ancient authors. Literary portraits from Homer to Boethius ( = island paperback 1856). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, inter alia, 1996, ISBN 3-458-33556-0.
  • Fertile nuisance. Nietzsche's " Birth of Tragedy " and the gräzistische tragedy Research ( = University of Basel speeches. Vol. 94). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7190-1727-3.
  • Troy and Homer. The way to solve the ancient riddle. Koehler & Amelang, Munich, etc. 2001, ISBN 3-7338-0229-2 (2nd edition ibid 2001. 3, durchgesehene and improved edition ibid 2001. 5th updated and expanded edition ibid. 2005, ISBN 3-7338. -0332-9; 6, updated and expanded edition ibid, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7338-0332-2, In Spanish as:. . Troya y Homero Hacia la resolución de un enigma ( = Colección Imago mundi Vol. . 28) Ediciones Destino, Barcelona 2003, ISBN 84-233-3487-2, in English as: Troy and Homer Towards a solution of an old mystery Oxford University Press, Oxford, inter alia, 2004, ISBN 0-19-926308 -. . 6, in modern Greek as: Η Τροία και ο Όμηρος Ο δρόμος για τη λύση ενός παλιού αινίγματος Πατακε, Αθήνα 2005, in the Turkish language as:. . Pending).
  • Troy - Wilios - Wilusa. Three names for a territory. Seminar for Classical Philology, Basel 2001 ( 2nd edition loving 2002. Reprint for the exhibition " Troia - Dream and Reality" in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn November 16, 2001 until February 17, 2002, available from the author ).

Editorship ( books)

  • Homer. Tradition and innovation ( = avenues of research. Vol. 463 ). University Press, Darmstadt 1979, ISBN 3-534-06833-5.
  • Greek Literature in text and presentation. Volume 1: Archaic period ( from Homer to Pindar ). ( = Universal Library 8061 ). Reclam, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-15-008061-4 (2nd, revised and improved by rest. Ibid. 1998).
  • Homer. The seal and its interpretation ( = avenues of research. Vol. 634). University Press, Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-534-09217-1.
  • Two Hundred Years of Homeric studies. Retrospect and Prospect ( = Colloquium Rauricum 2). Teubner, Stuttgart, among other things, 1991, ISBN 3-519-07412-5.
  • Homer. The Myth of Troy in Poetry and Art. Hirmer, München 2008, ISBN 978-3-7774-3965-5 (Scientific companion volume to the Homer exhibition Basel -Mannheim 2008/ 09).

Editorship ( journals, series )

  • Würzburg yearbooks for archeology. 1975-1998, ISSN 0342-5932.
  • Studia Troica. Since 1991, ISSN 0942-7635.
  • Homer's Iliad. Total comment. since 2000.
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