Eva-Maria Voigt
German classical philologist
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Eva-Maria Voigt (5 January 1921 – 26 July 2013, born Eva-Maria Hamm) was a German classical philologist, known for her work on the archaic Greek poets Sappho and Alcaeus.
Eva-Maria Voigt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1921 |
| Died | 26 July 2013 (aged 92) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Hamburg |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
Sub-discipline | Ancient Greek literature |
| Institutions | University of Hamburg |
Life
She studied Classical Philology at the University of Hamburg, and received her doctorate in 1945 with a dissertation "Zur Nominal- und Verbalflexion bei Sappho und Alkaios".[1] From 1955 to 1984, she worked as editor of the Lexicon of the Early Greek Epic, completed in 2010.[2] In 1971, Voigt published Sappho et Alcaeus: Fragmenta.[3] She was a professor of classical philology at the University of Hamburg. She retired in April 1983, to Waldkirch.
Works
- Fragmente von Sappho und Alkaios, Amsterdam, Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 1971.[4]
- Grammatik zu Sappho und Alkaios (Berlin 1957)
