Karl David Ilgen (26 February 1763 – 17 September 1834) was a German Protestant Old Testament scholar and classical philologist.
Karl David Ilgen | |
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| Born | 26 February 1763 Sehna |
| Died | 17 September 1834 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Leipzig University |
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