Martin Hose (born 8 April 1961 in

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) is a German

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

. After achieving the

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in 1981, Hose studied classical philology, history, and education at the Universities of

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and

Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ...

and graduated in 1988 from Konstanz with the

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and the master of arts. After that, he taught at

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from 1988 to 1989 and at the University of Konstanz from 1988 to 1994, where received his doctorate in 1990 for a work on the

Chorus Chorus may refer to: Music * Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse * Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound * Chorus form, song in which all verse ...

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...

and his

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in 1993 for a work on the historians of the Roman empire from Florus to

Cassius Dio Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

. In 1994 he received a position at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

and he also taught at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

part-time until 1995. Since 1997, Hose has held the Chair of Greek at the

University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's List of universities in Germany, sixth-oldest u ...

. Hose's research focuses are Greek drama, historiography, Hellenistic poetry and Greek literature of the Imperial period. Alongside his scholarly activities, Hose is also active in university politics. From 1999 until 2001, he was Dean of the Faculty of Language and Literature at the University of Munich. Since 2002 he has been a member of the University Senate of the University of Munich and he became its chairman in 2007. In this role, Hose is also

ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...

deputy chairman of the university council. From 1995 until 2001, he was a board member of the . Since 2001, Hose has been an ordinary member of the

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledg ...

.Since 2004 he has been a board member of the . In addition, he has been a co-editor of the review journal,

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since 2000.

Selected publications

* ''Studien zum Chor bei Euripides, Teil 1'', Stuttgart 1990 (347 pp.) ( Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Vol. 10) (= Diss. Konstanz 1990) * ''Studien zum Chor bei Euripides, Teil 2'', Stuttgart 1991 (467 pp.) (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Vol. 20) * ''Erneuerung der Vergangenheit. Die Historiker im Imperium Romanum von Florus bis Cassius Dio'', Stuttgart/Leipzig 1994 (XII + 522 pp.) (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Vol. 45) (=

Habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

sschrift Konstanz 1993) * ''Drama und Gesellschaft. Studien zur dramatischen Produktion in Athen am Ende des 5. Jahrhunderts'', Stuttgart 1995 (214 pp.) (Drama Beiheft 3) * ''Kleine griechische Literaturgeschichte. Von Homer bis zum Ende der Antike'', München 1999 (261 pp.) (Beck’sche Reihe) * ''Aristoteles. Fragmente III. Die historischen Fragmente'', übers. u. kommentiert von M. H. (Aristoteles Werke in deutscher Übersetzung, edited by

Hellmut Flashar Hellmut Flashar (; 3 December 1929 – 17 August 2022) was a German classical philologist and translator. Life and career Flashar was born in Hamburg on 3 December 1929. As a professor, he taught at the University of Bochum (1965–1982) and ...

, Bd. 20.III), Akademie Verlag Berlin 2002 (307 pp.) * ''Poesie aus der Schule. Überlegungen zur spätgriechischen Dichtung'', Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-Hist. Kl., Sitzungsberichte. Jg. 2004, vol. 1, München 2004 (37 pp.) * ''Euripides. Der Dichter der Leidenschaften'', München 2008 (256 pp.) (Romanian translation 2010, Modern Greek translation 2011) * ''Euripides als Anthropologe.'' (= Sitzungsberichte der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Jahrgang 2009, vol. 2), München 2009.

External links

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Personal site of Martin Hose at the Institut für Klassische Philologie, LMU München
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hose, Martin German classical philologists Academic staff of the University of Konstanz Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1961 births Living people