Jacob Micyllus
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Jacob Micyllus, was a German Renaissance humanist and teacher, who conducted the city's Latin school in Frankfurt and held a chair at the University of Heidelberg, during times of great cultural stress in Germany.
Micyllus was born Jakob Moltzer in Strasbourg
. From 1518 to 1522 he studied in Erfurt
, then at the end of 1522 went to Philipp Melanchthon
in Wittenberg. From 1524, aged only twenty-one, he directed the city Latin school at Frankfurt, on Melanchthon's recommendation. But he was not at ease with the radical Reformation
in Frankfurt from 1526 and found a place as professor in Heidelberg, January 1533. He died in Heidelberg
.
Micyllus was born Jakob Moltzer in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. From 1518 to 1522 he studied in Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
, then at the end of 1522 went to Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon , born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems...
in Wittenberg. From 1524, aged only twenty-one, he directed the city Latin school at Frankfurt, on Melanchthon's recommendation. But he was not at ease with the radical Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
in Frankfurt from 1526 and found a place as professor in Heidelberg, January 1533. He died in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
.
Selected works
- Varia epigrammata graco & latina & alia carmina graca, Basel 1538
- Sylva variorum carminum
- Commentataria in Homerum, Basel 1541
- Annotationes in Joh. Bocatii genealogiam Deorum, Basel 1532
- Scholta ad Marialis obscuriores aliquot locos
- Ratio examinandorum versuum
- Calendarium
- Carmen elegiacum de ruina arcis Heidelbergensis, quae facta est 1537
- Annotationes in Ovidium, & in Lucanum
- Arithmetica logistica
- Euripidis vita, Basel 1558
- De Tragaedia & ejus portibus
- Traductio aliquoe operum Luciani cum scholiis
- Annotationes in Euripidem, Basel 1562
- Urbis Francofurdi gratulatio ad Caronum, Leipzig 1530