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Tamás Adamik (born August 6, 1937) is a Hungarian classical philologist and linguist, literary historian, and translator. He joined
Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
in
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as a professor in 1973, where he worked in its
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 ...
department until he took emeritus status in 2002. Adamik's areas of research focus have included
Roman literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literatur ...
in Latin,
Vulgar Latin Vulgar Latin, also known as Colloquial, Popular, Spoken or Vernacular Latin, is the range of non-formal Register (sociolinguistics), registers of Latin spoken from the Crisis of the Roman Republic, Late Roman Republic onward. ''Vulgar Latin'' a ...
, and
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; as well as
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literature.


Biography

Tamás Adamik was born in 1937 in
Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...
in the
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
. He attended a high school run by the
Piarists The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the Catholic Church founded in 1617 by Spanish priest Joseph Calasanz ...
in Kecskemét. He showed an early interest in languages, with his areas of special focus being
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
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. He was so impressed by the Piarists that he considered joining the order as a monk, and studied theology with them for four years, but decided that giving up marriage would be a mistake. He left the Piarists and attended
Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...
(ELTE) where he studied Latin and Russian further, graduating with a dual major in both. He earned a master's degree in 1966, and defended his doctoral dissertation in 1967. He worked as a translator and editor of textbooks after university. Due to political pressures to gain a credential in something Marxism-related, Adamik applied for a correspondence postgraduate course where he could both fulfill his interest in languages but also get any Marxist philosophy requirements out of the way. Slavic languages was not offered as a correspondence course that year, ruling out Russian, but
classical philology 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 and Roman literature and their original languages, ...
was, so he took that. The course rekindled his love of Latin and the classical world, and he received an invitation to join the Latin department of Eötvös Loránd University in 1973, initially as an adjunct, but quickly becoming an assistant professor. In the academic year 1990–1991, he taught as a distinguished visiting professor at Millersville University in
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. From 1991 to 2002, he served as the head professor of the Latin department of ELTE. He took emeritus status in 2002. Adamik's wife, , is also a linguist and university professor. The couple has 4 children together. In 1982, he received a prize for his translation of Aristotle's ''
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'', and in 1984, a prize for his monograph on
Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of '' Epigrams'', pu ...
, . He was awarded the Commander's Cross of the civilian branch of the
Hungarian Order of Merit The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of Merit of the K ...
in 2012.


Selected works

* ''A korszerű orosznyelv-oktatásért. Az I. Országos Orosznyelv-oktatási Konferencia anyaga''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1968 * Móritz György–Csengery Zoltánné: ''Olasz nyelvkönyv. A gimnáziumok IV. osztálya számára''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1968 * Móritz György: ''Olasz társalgás''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1969 (') * Hlavács József–Rhédey Györgyné: ''Orosz nyelvkönyv 6. Az általános iskola 6. osztálya számára''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1971 * ''Catullus versei. Catulli Veronensis liber'' (egyetemi tankönyv, kritikai kiadás); sajtó alá rend., jegyz. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1971 (''Auctores Latini'', 15.) * Herczeg Gyula, Kotzián Tamás: ''Képes olasz nyelvkönyv gyermekeknek 1.;'' szerk. Miseje Attiláné, Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1972 * ''Tanári kézikönyv az orosz nyelv tanításához a 6. osztályban''; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1972 * Kosaras István: ''Orosz nyelvtan. A középiskolák számára''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1972 * Banó István–Nagy Ferenc–Waczulik Margit: ''Latin nyelvkönyv''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1973 ''(Tanuljunk nyelveket!)'' * ''Latin költészet. Kézirat gyanánt''; szerk. Adamik Tamás, B. Révész Mária; ELTE, Budapest, 1974 (''Klasszika-filológiai tanulmányok'', 1.) * ''Latin prózaírók''; szerk. Adamik Tamás, B. Révész Mária; ELTE, Budapest, 1976 (''Klasszika-filológiai tanulmányok'', 2.) * ''Martialis és költészete''; Akadémiai, Budapest, 1979 (''Apollo könyvtár'', 10.) * Vergilius: ''Aeneis I-VI.'' (egyetemi segédkönyv); szöveggond. Adamik Tamás, bev. Adamik Tamás, Bollók János, jegyz. Adamik Tamás, B. Révész Mária, Bollók János; Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1987 (''Auctores Latini'', 21.) * Ammianus Marcellinus: ''Róma története''; ford. Szepesy Gyula, jegyz., utószó Adamik Tamás; Európa, Budapest, 1993 * ''Római irodalom az archaikus korban''; Seneca, Pécs, 1993 ''(Seneca könyvek)'' * ''Római irodalom az aranykorban''; Seneca, Pécs, 1994 ''(Seneca könyvek)'' * ''Római irodalom az ezüstkorban''; Seneca, Pécs, 1994 * N. Horváth Margit–Nagy Ferenc: ''Latin nyelvkönyv I.''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1995 * ''Római irodalom a késő császárkorban''; Seneca, Budapest, 1996 Pécs ''(Seneca könyvek)'' * ''Catullus versei. Catulli Veronensis liber''; 3. jav. kiad.; szöveggond., bev., jegyz. Adamik Tamás; Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1998 (''Auctores Latini'', 15.) * ''Antik stíluselméletek Gorgiastól Augustinusig. Stílus, kritika, értelmezés''; Seneca, Budapest, 1998 ''(Seneca könyvek)'' * Vergilius: ''Aeneis I-VI.''; 2. jav. kiad.; szöveggond. Adamik Tamás, bev. Adamik Tamás, Bollók János, jegyz. Adamik Tamás, B. Révész Mária, Bollók János; Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 2001 (''Auctores Latini'', 21.) * Hajdu Péter: ''Claudius Claudianus eposzai''; szerk. Adamik Tamás, Eperjessy László; Argumentum, Budapest, 2002 (''Apollo Könyvtár'', 23.) * Harmatta János–Rimóczi-Hamar Márta: ''Horatius, Vergilius és Maecenas. Barátság és hűség Augusztus Rómájában''; szerk. Adamik Tamás, Borzsák István; Akadémiai, Budapest, 2003 (''Apollo Könyvtár'', 20.) * Adamik Tamás–Aczél Petra–A. Jászó Anna: ''Retorika''; Osiris, Budapest, 2004 ''(Osiris tankönyvek)'' * ''József Attila: Medáliák című ciklusának szerkezete. Elhangzott a Szent István Társulat régi székházának dísztermében 2005. március 4-én''; Szent István Akadémia, Budapest, 2006 ''(A Szent István Tudományos Akadémia székfoglaló előadásai)'' * ''Római irodalom. A kezdetektől a Nyugatrómai Birodalom bukásáig''; Kalligram, Pozsony, 2009 * ''Retorikai lexikon''; szerk. Adamik Tamás, A. Jászó Anna; Kalligram, Pozsony, 2010 * ''Cicero összes retorikaelméleti művei''; szerk. Adamik Tamás; ford. Adamik Tamás, Csehy Zoltán, Gonda Attila, Kisdi Klára, Krupp József, Mezei Mónika, Polgár Anikó, Simon L. Zoltán; Kalligram, Pozsony, 2012 * ''Sanctissima religio. Vallás- és irodalomtudományi tanulmányok''; Szent István Társulat, Budapest, 2012 * ''Miért írunk verset? Költői est négyesben''; Adamik Tamás, Baka Györgyi, B. Tóth Klára, Deák-Sárosi László; Üveghegy, Százhalombatta, 2013 * ''Latin irodalom a kora középkorban: 6–8. század''. Budapest: Kalligram. 2014. * ''Irodalmi karácsony. Adamik Tamás, Baka Györgyi, B. Tóth Klára, Deák-Sárosi László és Kasó Tibor szakrális és karácsonyi versei''; Üveghegy, Százhalombatta, 2016 * ''Latin irodalom a Karoling-korban: 8–9. század''. Budapest: Kalligram. 2017. * ''Carmina Rustica. Versek és műfordítások''; Üveghegy, Százhalombatta, 2018 * ''Latin irodalom az átmeneti korban, 9-11. sz. A keresztény Európa kiteljesedése''; Kalligram, Budapest, 2020. * ''Latin irodalom az érett középkorban, 12-13. század. A keresztény Európa virágkora''; Pest Kalligram, Budapest, 2022 * ''Carmina Fructifera. Versek és műfordítások''; Üveghegy, Százhalombatta, 2023


Translations

*
Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...
: ''Rétorika''; ford., jegyz., utószó Adamik Tamás; Gondolat, Budapest, 1982 *
Lactantius Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius () was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most impo ...
: ''Az isteni gondviselésről. A keresztényüldözők halála. Isten művei. Isten haragja''; ford., jegyz., utószó Adamik Tamás; Helikon, Budapest, 1985 (''Prométheusz könyvek'', 6.) * Cornificius: ''A C. Herenniusnak ajánlott rétorika. Latinul és magyarul'' / ''Cornifici Rhetorica ad C. Herennium''; ford., bev., jegyz. Adamik Tamás; Akadémiai, Budapest, 1987 (''Görög és latin írók'', 18.) *
Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...
(Hieronymus): ''"Nehéz az emberi léleknek nem szeretni". A keresztény életről, irodalomról és tudományról''; ford., jegyz., utószó Adamik Tamás; Helikon, Budapest, 1991 ''(Harmonia mundi könyvek)'' * ''A szofista filozófia. Szöveggyűjtemény''; összeáll., utószó Steiger Kornél, ford. Adamik Tamás et al.; Atlantisz, Budapest, 1993 ''(A kútnál)'' * ''Az apostolok csodálatos cselekedetei''; ford. Adamik Tamás et al., szerk. Dörömbözi János, utószó Adamik Tamás; Telosz, Budapest, 1996 ''(Apokrif iratok)'' * ''Csodás evangéliumok''; ford. Adamik Tamás et al.; vál., utószó Adamik Tamás, szerk. Dörömbözi János; Telosz, Budapest, 1996 ''(Apokrif iratok)'' * ''Apokalipszisek''; szerk. Dörömbözi János, vál., utószó Adamik Tamás, ford. Adamik Tamás et al.; Telosz, Budapest, 1997 ''(Apokrif iratok)'' * ''Apokrif levelek''; ford. Adamik Tamás et al., vál., utószó Adamik Tamás, szerk. Dörömbözi János; Telosz, Budapest, 1999 ''(Apokrif iratok)'' *
Martial Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman and Celtiberian poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of '' Epigrams'', pu ...
: ''Válogatott epigrammák. Electa epigrammata''; ford. Adamik Tamás et al., vál., szerk., jegyz., utószó Adamik Tamás; Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest, 2001 ''(Írók, költők, gondolkodók)'' *
Quintus Cornificius Quintus Cornificius (died 42 BC) was an ancient Roman of senatorial rank from the ''gens'' Cornificia. He was a general, orator and poet, a friend of Catullus and a correspondent of Cicero. He was also an augur. He wrote a now lost epyllion titl ...
: ''A szónoki mesterség. A C. Herenniusnak ajánlott retorika''; ford., utószó, jegyz. Adamik Tamás; Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest, 2001 * ''
Lysias Lysias (; ; c. 445 – c. 380 BC) was a Logographer (legal), logographer (speech writer) in ancient Greece. He was one of the ten Attic orators included in the "Alexandrian Canon" compiled by Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrac ...
beszédei''; ford. Adamik Tamás, Agócs Péter, Horváth László, Ittzés Máté; Osiris–Balassi, Budapest, 2003 ''(Sapientia Humana)'' * Ioannes Saresberiensis ( John of Salisbury): ''Metalogicon''; ford., jegyz. Adamik Tamás; Szent István Társulat, Budapest, 2003 (''Középkori keresztény írók'', 4.) * Jerome: ''Levelek''; szerk. Takács László, ford. Adamik Tamás, Puskely Mária, Takács László; Szenzár, Budapest, 2005 * Quintilianus: ''Szónoklattan''; szerk., jegyz. Adamik Tamás, ford. Adamik Tamás, Csehy Zoltán, Gonda Attila, Kopeczky Rita, Krupp József, Polgár Anikó, Simon L. Zoltán, Tordai Éva; Kalligram, Pozsony, 2008


References


External links


Faculty page for Tamás Adamik
at ELTE
Works by Tamás Adamik
by the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...
(MTA) {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamik, Tamas 1937 births Living people Hungarian classical scholars Hungarian philologists Eötvös Loránd University alumni Academic staff of Eötvös Loránd University People from Kecskemét