- Theodor Bergk
Theodor Bergk (May 12, 1812 – July 20, 1881) was a German philologist born in
Leipzig .After studying at the
University of Leipzig , where he profited by the instruction of G Hermann, he was appointed in 1835 to the lectureship in Latin at the orphan school at Halle. After holding posts at Neustrelitz, Berlin and Cassel, he succeeded (1842) KF Hermann as professor of classical literature at Marburg. In 1852 he went to Freiburg, and in 1857 returned to Halle.In 1868 he resigned his professorship, and settled down to study and literary work in
Bonn . He died on July 20, 1881, atRagatz inSwitzerland , where he had gone for the benefit of his health.Bergk's literary activity was very great, but his reputation mainly rests upon his work in connection with Greek literature and the Greek lyric poets. His "Poetae Lyrici Graeci" (1843), and "Griechische Litteraturgeschichte" (1872–1887) (completed by G. Hinrichs and R. Peppmuller) are standard works.
He also edited
Anacreon (1834), the fragments ofAristophanes (1840), Aristophanes (3rd ed., 1872),Sophocles (2nd ed., 1868), a lyric anthology (4th ed., 1890). Among his other works may be mentioned: "Augusti Rerum a se gestarum Index" (1873); "Inschriften römischer Schleudergeschosse" (1876); "Zur Geschichte und Topographie der Rheinlande in römischer Zeit" (1882); "Beitrage zur romischen Chronologie" (1884).His "Kleine philologische Schriften" have been edited by Peppmuller (1884–1886), and contain, in addition to a complete list of his writings, a sketch of his life.
References
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