Hellmut Flashar
{{Short description|German philologist (1929–2022)}}
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Hellmut Flashar ({{IPA|de|ˈflashaʁ|lang}}; 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 the University of Munich (1982–1997).
Academic publications
Books, essays, and comments on the following texts:{{Cite web |url=https://www.klassphil.uni-muenchen.de/personen/emeriti/flashar/index.html |title=Prof. (em.) Dr. Hellmut Flashar |publisher=Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |language=de |access-date=22 October 2019}}
The Dialogue Ion as a Testimony of Platonic Philosophy (1958), Aristotle, Problemata Physica (1962, 4th ed. 1991), Melancholy in Ancient Medical Theories (1966), The Epitaphios of Pericles (1969), Aristotle, Mirabilia (1972, 3rd ed. 1990), Aristotle in: Plan of the History of Philosophy (1983, 2nd extended edition 2004), staging of antiquity (1991, 2nd extended and updated edition of 2009), Sophocles (2000 ), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and the Greek Tragedy (2001).
Numerous journal articles (39 contributions) to 1989 summarized in: HF, Eidola, Selected Little Writings (1989), then another 23 contributions summarized in: Spectra. Small contributions on drama, philosophy and antiquity, Tübingen 2004 (Classica Monacensia 29). Publication of two records and a CD with music to the ancient drama. Festschrift: Orchestra (1994)
Death
Flashar died on 17 August 2022, at the age of 92.{{Cite news |last=Von Möllendorff |first=Peter |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/hellmut-flashar-gestorben-aristotelische-dialoge-18256353.html |title=Aristoteles zog ihn in Bann |trans-title=Aristotle Captivated Him |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine |date=19 August 2022 |access-date=20 August 2022 |lang=de}}
References
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External links
- [http://hellmutflashar.wordpress.com/ Hellmut Flashar's Blog]
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Category:German classical philologists
Category:University of Tübingen alumni
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Category:Academic staff of Ruhr University Bochum
Category:Academic staff of the University of Tübingen
Category:Translators from Greek
Category:Translators to German
Category:German medical historians
Category:Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:German male non-fiction writers
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