Herwig Görgemanns (born 1931) is a German classicist, former professor and emeritus of
classical philology
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Würzburg
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he presented his dissertation in classical philology: contributions to the interpretation of
Plato
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's ''Laws'' (1959). With an analysis on
Plutarch
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's dialogue "De facie in orbe luna" he habilitated in 1965 in
Heidelberg
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. His teacher was
Franz Dirlmeier Franz may refer to:
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. In 1967/1968 he was a Fellow at the
Center for Hellenic Studies
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at
Harvard University
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. In 1972 Görgemanns became Professor for classical philology at Heidelberg University. In 1997 he retired.
His focus was on Greek philology, especially Plato. In this context he presented a hypothesis on a possible historical core of Plato's
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'' ...
story.
Together with church historian
Heinrich Karpp Heinrich may refer to:
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(1908–1997) he translated ''Peri archon/De principiis'' by
Origen
Origen of Alexandria, ''Ōrigénēs''; Origen's Greek name ''Ōrigénēs'' () probably means "child of Horus" (from , "Horus", and , "born"). ( 185 – 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an Early Christianity, early Christian scholar, ...
es.
One of his students is the Plutarch researcher
Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
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, Göttingen.
Partial bibliography
*''Beiträge zur Interpretation von Platons Nomoi'' (= ''Zetemata.'' issue 25). Munich 1960.
*''Untersuchungen zu Plutarchs Dialog „De facie in orbe lunae“'' (= ''Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften.'' Bd. 33). Heidelberg 1970.
*
Origenes
Origen of Alexandria, ''Ōrigénēs''; Origen's Greek name ''Ōrigénēs'' () probably means "child of Horus" (from , "Horus", and , "born"). ( 185 – 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theo ...
: ''Vier Bücher von den Prinzipien'' (= ''Texte zur Forschung'' Vol. 24). Darmstadt 1976. .
*''Platon.'' Heidelberg 1994. .
*''Platon und die atlantische Insel. Die Entstehung eines Geschichtsmythos'', in: ''Hellenische Mythologie: Vorgeschichte. Die Hellenen und ihre Nachbarn von der Vorgeschichte bis zur klassischen Periode. Tagung, 9.–11.12.1994, Ohlstadt, Oberbayern, Deutschland.'' Altenburg 1996, pp. 107–124.
*''Wahrheit und Fiktion in Platons Atlantis-Erzählung'', in: Hermes No. 128 / 2000; pp. 405–420.
External links
Articleon Görgemann's Atlantis thesis.
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German classical scholars
1931 births
Living people