Karl David Ilgen
Karl David Ilgen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 February 1763 Sehna |
| Died | 17 September 1834 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Leipzig University |
Karl David Ilgen (26 February 1763 – 17 September 1834) was a German Protestant Old Testament scholar and classical philologist.
He studied theology and philology at the University of Leipzig, and was later appointed rector at the munincipal gymnasium in Naumburg (1789). In 1794, he became a professor of oriental languages at the University of Jena. From 1802 to 1831, he was rector of the Landesschule Pforta.[1]
Ilgen is credited as the first to use the term "epyllion" in classical literature, coining the term in 1796 when describing the Homeric "Hymn to Hermes".[2]
Associated works
[edit]- "Jobi antiquiss. carminis Hebraica natura atque virtutes", 1789.
- "Hymni Homerici cum reliquis carminibus minoribus Homero tributi solitis et Batrachomyomachia", 1796
- "Opuscula varia philologica", 1797.
- "Die Urkunden des ersten Buchs von Moses in ihrer Urgestalt", 1798 – The records of the first books of Moses in their original form.
- "Skolia, hoc est Carmina convivalia Graecorum", 1798.
- "Animadversiones philologicae et criticae in Carmen Virgilianum quod Copa inscribitum", 1820.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ ADB:Ilgen, Karl David at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception edited by Manuel Baumbach, Silvio Bär
- ^ OCLC Classify published works
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- 1763 births
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- People from Eckartsberga
- 18th-century German Protestant theologians
- 19th-century German Protestant theologians
- German classical philologists
- German orientalists
- 19th-century German male writers
- Leipzig University alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Jena
- German male non-fiction writers
- 18th-century German male writers