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Marcovich focused his scholarship on textual criticism of philosophical and religious texts, mainly in Greek. He edited [[Heraclitus]]' fragments twice during his time in [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], in 1967 (''editio maior'') and 1968 (''editio minor''); the former, he also translated in Italian in 1968. A prolific author, he published two collections of papers on ancient philosophy and religion—in 1965 and 1988. He had an uncommon breath of interests. At the beginning of his career, he edited the ''[[Davidiad]]'' by [[Marko Marulić]] (1957) and the Latin poems by Dalmatian poet and humanist Franjo Božičević (1958), both in first edition, and translated (in Spanish) and commented the ''[[Bhagavadgītā]]'', one of the holy scriptures of [[Hinduism]] (1958). In 1985 he published a monograph on Greek tragic trimeter, and some years later two collection of studies on Greek poetry (1991) and on textual criticism of Patristic texts (1994).
Marcovich focused his scholarship on textual criticism of philosophical and religious texts, mainly in Greek. He edited [[Heraclitus]]' fragments twice during his time in [[Cambridge]], in 1967 (''editio maior'') and 1968 (''editio minor''); the former, he also translated in Italian in 1968 and has been reprinted without alterations in 2017. A prolific author, he published two collections of papers on ancient philosophy and religion—in 1965 and 1988. He had an uncommon breath of interests. At the beginning of his career, he edited the ''[[Davidiad]]'' by [[Marko Marulić]] (1957) and the Latin poems by Dalmatian poet and humanist Franjo Božičević (1958), both in first edition, and translated (in Spanish) and commented the ''[[Bhagavadgītā]]'', one of the holy scriptures of [[Hinduism]] (1958). In 1985 he published a monograph on Greek tragic trimeter, and some years later two collection of studies on Greek poetry (1991) and on textual criticism of Patristic texts (1994).


Starting from his time in Cambridge, he became increasingly interested in Greek philosophy and Christianity, contributing to the [[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft|Pauly-Wissowa]] with a monographic article on Heraclitus (1965) and editing, in addition to the aforementioned Heraclitus, [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]]' treatise "[[Refutation of All Heresies]]" (1968). He remained prolific in his late years after retirement, producing a long series of critical editions, mainly of Christian authors: [[Prosper of Aquitaine]] ("De providentia Dei", 1989), [[Athenagoras of Athens]] ("Legatio pro Christianis", 1990; "De resurrectione mortuorum" [sp.], 2000), Iustinus ("Cohortatio ad Graecos", "De monarchia" and "Oratio ad Graecos" [all sp.], 1990; "Apologiae pro Christianis", 1994; "Dialogus cum Tryphone", 1997), [[Tatian]] ("Oratio ad Graecos", 1995), Theophilus of Antiochia ("Ad Autolycum", 1995), [[Origen]] ("[[Contra Celsum]]", 2001) and [[Clement of Alexandria]] ("[[Paedagogus]]", 2002 [posthumous]). At the same time, he edited and commented the [[Alcestis Barcinonensis|Alcestis Barcinoensis]] (1988) and produced three [[Bibliotheca Teubneriana|Teubner]] editions: [[Theodore Prodromos]]' "De Rhodante et Dosiclis amoribus" (1992), [[Diogenes Laertius|Diogenes Laërtius]]' "[[Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers]]" (1999) and [[Eustathios Makrembolites]]' "De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI" (2001 [posthumous]).
Starting from his time in Cambridge, he became increasingly interested in Greek philosophy and Christianity, contributing to the [[Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft|Pauly-Wissowa]] with a monographic article on Heraclitus (1965) and editing, in addition to the aforementioned Heraclitus, [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]]' treatise "[[Refutation of All Heresies]]" (1968). He remained prolific in his late years after retirement, producing a long series of critical editions, mainly of Christian authors: [[Prosper of Aquitaine]] ("De providentia Dei", 1989), [[Athenagoras of Athens]] ("Legatio pro Christianis", 1990; "De resurrectione mortuorum" [sp.], 2000), Iustinus ("Cohortatio ad Graecos", "De monarchia" and "Oratio ad Graecos" [all sp.], 1990; "Apologiae pro Christianis", 1994; "Dialogus cum Tryphone", 1997), [[Tatian]] ("Oratio ad Graecos", 1995), Theophilus of Antiochia ("Ad Autolycum", 1995), [[Origen]] ("[[Contra Celsum]]", 2001) and [[Clement of Alexandria]] ("[[Paedagogus]]", 2002 [posthumous]). At the same time, he edited and commented the [[Alcestis Barcinonensis|Alcestis Barcinoensis]] (1988) and produced three [[Bibliotheca Teubneriana|Teubner]] editions: [[Theodore Prodromos]]' "De Rhodante et Dosiclis amoribus" (1992), [[Diogenes Laertius|Diogenes Laërtius]]' "[[Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers]]" (2-volumes set, 1999, which included unpublished Byzantine paraphrases;<ref>This edition has been praised for its critical apparatus and the reconstruction of the textual transmission, and also for the first edition of the Byzantine paraphrases; however, the constitution of the text has been criticized: {{Cite journal |last=Lapini |first=Walter |date=2003 |title=Il Diogene Laerzio di Miroslav Marcovich |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43738701 |journal=Méthexis |volume=16 |pages=105–114 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Hans Gärtner edited a volume of indexes in 2002) and [[Eustathios Makrembolites]]' "De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI" (2001 [posthumous]).<ref>See {{Cite journal |last=Nilsson |first=Ingela |date=2001 |title=[rev. of] Eustathius Macrembolites. De Hysmines et Hysminiae Amoribus Libri XI |url=https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2001/2001.08.35/ |journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews |volume=08 |issue=35 |via=bmcr.brynmawr.edu}}</ref>


During his lifetime Marcovich wrote and edited around 25 books (not including the various issues of ''Illinois Classical Studies'') and wrote 248 articles and essays in Spanish, German, Italian, French and [[Serbo-Croatian]].<ref name="OB1" /><ref name="OB2" />
During his lifetime Marcovich wrote and edited around 25 books (not including the various issues of ''Illinois Classical Studies'') and wrote 248 articles and essays in Spanish, German, Italian, French and [[Serbo-Croatian]].<ref name="OB1" /><ref name="OB2" />

Revision as of 10:29, 4 December 2022

Miroslav Marcovich
Born(1919-03-18)18 March 1919
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died14 June 2001(2001-06-14) (aged 82)
Urbana, Illinois, US

Miroslav Marcovich (March 18, 1919 – June 14, 2001) was a Serbian-American philologist and university professor.[1][2]

Early life

Marcovich was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He studied at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy graduating in 1942. In 1943, he served as the assistant to Georg Ostrogorsky, an expert in Byzantine studies. He fought with the Yugoslav Partisans under Josip Broz Tito during World War II between 1944 and 1946. In 1953, he traveled to India where he began working at Visva-Bharati University.[1][2]

Career

In 1955, he moved to Mérida and worked as a professor of Ancient Greek and philosophy from 1955 to 1962 at the University of the Andes, Venezuela. In 1962, he taught at the University of Bonn invited by Hans Herter. Between 1963 and 1968, he taught at the University of Cambridge. He then moved in 1969 to the University of Illinois, Urbana, where he was the Head of the Department of Classics (1973–77), and taught there until his retirement in 1989.[1][2]

During those years he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, Trinity College, Dublin, and was an Albert Einstein Visiting Fellow in Tel Aviv.[1][2]

Marcovich also founded the Illinois Classical Studies journal, and served as its editor for 12 years.[1][2]

Works

Marcovich focused his scholarship on textual criticism of philosophical and religious texts, mainly in Greek. He edited Heraclitus' fragments twice during his time in Cambridge, in 1967 (editio maior) and 1968 (editio minor); the former, he also translated in Italian in 1968 and has been reprinted without alterations in 2017. A prolific author, he published two collections of papers on ancient philosophy and religion—in 1965 and 1988. He had an uncommon breath of interests. At the beginning of his career, he edited the Davidiad by Marko Marulić (1957) and the Latin poems by Dalmatian poet and humanist Franjo Božičević (1958), both in first edition, and translated (in Spanish) and commented the Bhagavadgītā, one of the holy scriptures of Hinduism (1958). In 1985 he published a monograph on Greek tragic trimeter, and some years later two collection of studies on Greek poetry (1991) and on textual criticism of Patristic texts (1994).

Starting from his time in Cambridge, he became increasingly interested in Greek philosophy and Christianity, contributing to the Pauly-Wissowa with a monographic article on Heraclitus (1965) and editing, in addition to the aforementioned Heraclitus, Hippolytus' treatise "Refutation of All Heresies" (1968). He remained prolific in his late years after retirement, producing a long series of critical editions, mainly of Christian authors: Prosper of Aquitaine ("De providentia Dei", 1989), Athenagoras of Athens ("Legatio pro Christianis", 1990; "De resurrectione mortuorum" [sp.], 2000), Iustinus ("Cohortatio ad Graecos", "De monarchia" and "Oratio ad Graecos" [all sp.], 1990; "Apologiae pro Christianis", 1994; "Dialogus cum Tryphone", 1997), Tatian ("Oratio ad Graecos", 1995), Theophilus of Antiochia ("Ad Autolycum", 1995), Origen ("Contra Celsum", 2001) and Clement of Alexandria ("Paedagogus", 2002 [posthumous]). At the same time, he edited and commented the Alcestis Barcinoensis (1988) and produced three Teubner editions: Theodore Prodromos' "De Rhodante et Dosiclis amoribus" (1992), Diogenes Laërtius' "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" (2-volumes set, 1999, which included unpublished Byzantine paraphrases;[3] Hans Gärtner edited a volume of indexes in 2002) and Eustathios Makrembolites' "De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI" (2001 [posthumous]).[4]

During his lifetime Marcovich wrote and edited around 25 books (not including the various issues of Illinois Classical Studies) and wrote 248 articles and essays in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Serbo-Croatian.[1][2]

Personal

Marcovich died on 14 June, 2001 at the Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Jacobson, Howard (2002). "In Memoriam: Miroslav Marcovich 18 March 1919 — 14 June 2001". Illinois Classical Studies. 27–28: v-vii. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Sansone, David (2001). "Miroslav Marcovich". Gnomon. 73 (8): 746–748. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ This edition has been praised for its critical apparatus and the reconstruction of the textual transmission, and also for the first edition of the Byzantine paraphrases; however, the constitution of the text has been criticized: Lapini, Walter (2003). "Il Diogene Laerzio di Miroslav Marcovich". Méthexis. 16: 105–114 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ See Nilsson, Ingela (2001). "[rev. of] Eustathius Macrembolites. De Hysmines et Hysminiae Amoribus Libri XI". Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. 08 (35) – via bmcr.brynmawr.edu.

Sources

  • Fernando Báez, "Una Semblanza de Miroslav Marcovich" in Miroslav Marcovich, Bhagavadgita: El Canto del Señor (Mérida: ULA 2003).

See also

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