Joachim Latacz
Academic
1934 –
Who is Joachim Latacz?
Joachim Latacz is a German classical philologist.
Latacz studied Classical Philology, Indo-Germanic languages, Ancient History and Archaeology from 1954-1956 at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. He then studied Classical Philology, Ancient History and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, completing his first degree in 1960. From 1960–1966 was a research associate at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae under Bruno Snell and Hartmut Erbse at the University of Hamburg. He earned his Ph.D. at the Free University of Berlin under Uvo Hölscher in 1963.
Latacz is a specialist in ancient Greek literature and culture, and is widely considered one of the most distinguished experts in the German-speaking world on Homer and epic.
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- Born
- Apr 4, 1934
Katowice - Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- Free University of Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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