Hans Herter
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Hans Herter was a German Classical philologist
who was for many years Director of the Rheinischen Museum für Philologie, Bonn
. His main interests lay in the works of Thucydides
and Plato
. Among his prominent students is Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
.
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
who was for many years Director of the Rheinischen Museum für Philologie, Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. His main interests lay in the works of Thucydides
Thucydides
Thucydides was a Greek historian and author from Alimos. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC...
and Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
. Among his prominent students is Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath
Heinz-Günther Nesselrath is a German philologist.- Career :Born in Jülich, Heinz Günther Nesselrath studied classical philology in the University of Cologne from 1976 to 1981...
.
Sources
- Rainer Lengeler, Ernst Vogt and Heinz Gerd Ingenkamp, eds. In memoriam Hans Herter. Reden gehalten am 3. Mai 1985 bei der Gedenkfeier der Philosophischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn 1986. ISBN 3-416-09158-2
- Carl Werner Müller. "Nachruf auf Hans Herter", in: Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 128, (1985:3-4).
- Ernst Vogt: Bibliographie Hans Herter. Zum 65. Geburtstag am 8. Juni 1964, Bonn 1964.