Dan Slușanschi (12 September 1943 – 22 July 2008) was a 20th century

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

and specialist in

Indo-European linguistics Indo-European studies () is a field of linguistics and an interdisciplinary field of study dealing with Indo-European languages, both current and extinct. The goal of those engaged in these studies is to amass information about the hypothetical p ...

who made contributions in the fields of

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

, Latin/Medieval

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

. He is known for his editions and translations of

Dimitrie Cantemir Dimitrie or Demetrius; Cantemir (; ; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711). Durin ...

's works.

Studies

Dan Slușanschi graduated in 1965 from the Faculty of Classical Philology of the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

. He received his doctorate in classical and Indo-European philology in 1972. He was a professor at the University of Bucharest, where he taught Latin language syntax, Indo-European linguistics (language and mythology), history of

Sanskrit literature Sanskrit literature is a broad term for all literature composed in Sanskrit. This includes texts composed in the earliest attested descendant of the Proto-Indo-Aryan language known as Vedic Sanskrit, texts in Classical Sanskrit as well as some ...

, ancient Persian (history, civilization, language), history of the Latin language, Greek syntax, medieval and neo-Latin Latin, text criticism and ancient metrics. He was a visiting professor at the universities of

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

, Liege,

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Caen Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...

, Chisinau, Cluj, Timisoara, Constanta. He had a doctor honoris causa from the University of Caen.

Legacy

The

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu The Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (Romanian language, Romanian: ''Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu'') is a public university in Sibiu, Romania. It is named after the philosopher, poet, and playwright, Lucian Blaga. It was founded in 19 ...

holds a school of classical and oriental languages, which bears the name: Dan Slusanschi School for Classical and Oriental Languages. The main languages promoted by the school are: Latin, Ancient Greek,

Sahidic Coptic Coptic () is a dormant Afroasiatic language. It is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Copts, starting from the third century AD in Ro ...

Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew ( or ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite languages, Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Isra ...

and

Old Slavonic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic ( ) is the first Slavic literary language and the oldest extant written Slavonic language attested in literary sources. It belongs to the South Slavic subgroup of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European ...

. The school was founded by Antoaneta Sabău and

Florin George Călian Florin George Călian (born October 6, 1978) is a Romanian historian of religion and philosophy. He is a researcher at the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Lucian Blaga University. Educational background Flo ...

Publications

Editions

* Textele latine din anexa la L. Protopopescu, ''Contributii la istoria învatamîntului în Transilvania'', Craiova, 1966. * D. Cantemir, ''Historia Moldo-Vlachica and De antiquis et hodiernis Moldaviae nominibus'' (în Opere Complete, IX, 1), Bucuresti, Editura Academiei, 1983. * D. Cantemir, ''Encomia in authorem'', în V. Candea (ed.), ''Sistima religiei muhammedane'', Bucuresti, Editura Academiei, 1987 (Opere Complete, VIII, 2). * D. Cantemir, ''Vita Constantini Cantemyrii, Moldaviae Principis'', Bucuresti, Editura Academiei, 1996 (Opere Complete, VI, 1 - cu A. Pippidi si I. Campeanu). * Virgil, ''Aeneis'', Bucuresti, Paideia, 2000, 2 vols. (I. Editie critica) * D. Cantemir, ''Incrementorum & Decrementorum Aulae Othmanicae libri III'', editia critica princeps, Amarcord, 2001. * D. Cantemir, '' Descriptio Moldaviae'', editia critica princeps, Bucuresti, Anastasia, 2005. * D. Cantemir, ''Sacro-Sanctae Scientiae Indepingibilis Imago'', editie critica, Bucuresti, EUB, 2005.

Translations

* Dimitrie Cantemir, ''De antiquis et hodiernis Moldaviae nominibus; Historia Moldo-Vlachica'' Opere complete, Vol.IX, Partea I: De antiquis et hodiernis. Moldaviae nominibus, Prefața de

Virgil Cândea Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' ( ...

. Ediție critică, traducere, introducere, note și indici de Dan Slușanschi, Editura Academiei, București, 1983. * E. Benveniste, ''Vocabularul institutiilor indo-europene'', Bucuresti, Paideia, 1999, I; 2005, I-II. *''

Eneida ''Eneida'' () is a burlesque poem in the Ukrainian language, written by Ivan Kotliarevsky in 1798. This mock-heroic poem is considered to be the first literary work published wholly in the Ukrainian vernacular. The talented depiction of vario ...

'' de

Publius Vergilius Maro Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' ...

, Editura Paideia, București, 2000. *

Homer Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...

, ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odyssey'', the poem is divided into 24 books and ...

'', traducere de Dan Slușanschi, ilustrații de Mihail Coșulețu,

Editura Humanitas Humanitas () is an independent Romanian publishing house, located at Piața Presei Libere 1 (House of the Free Press), Bucharest. It was founded on February 1, 1990 (after the Romanian Revolution) by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu, based on a ...

, București, 2012, ISBN 978-973-50-3702-4 * Homer, ''

Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; ) is one of two major epics of ancient Greek literature attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. Like the ''Iliad'', the ''Odyssey'' is divi ...

'', tradusă în hexametri de Dan Slușanschi și ilustrată de

Alexandru Rădvan Alexandru is the Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex, and Sandu. Origin Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek "Αλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros), meaning "defending men" or "protector of men", ...

, Editura Humanitas, București, 2012, ISBN 978-973-50-3701-7. * Dimitrie Cantemir, ''Istoria cresterilor si descresterilor Curtii Otomane'', prima traducere româneasca, Editura Paidea, 2008, 2010, 2012.

Bibliography

Dan Slusanschi – portret de clasicist
', edited by Ana-Maria Răducan and Florin George Călian
''Nicht jeder Spezialist ist auch ein Intellektueller''
Forscher Florin George Călian erzählt von Antoaneta Sabău, der Antike und Dan Slusanschi, by Klaus Philippi

References

External links

Dan Slușanschi School for Classical and Oriental Languages
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slusanschi, Dan 1943 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Romanian people 20th-century Romanian linguists Romanian writers in French Romanian schoolteachers Grammarians from Romania Grammarians of Latin Academic staff of the University of Bucharest University of Bucharest alumni