Editing Theodor Bergk

{{short description|German classical philologist (1812–1881)}}
[[Image:Theodor Bergk - Imagines philologorum.jpg|right|thumb|Theodor Bergk]]
'''Theodor Bergk''' (22 May 1812{{snd}}20 July 1881) was a German [[philology|philologist]], an authority on [[classical Greek]] poetry.

==Biography==
He was born in [[Leipzig]] as the son of [[Johann Adam Bergk]]. After studying at the [[University of Leipzig]], where he profited by the instruction of [[Gottfried Hermann]], he was appointed in 1835 to the lectureship in Latin at the orphan school at [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]]. After holding posts at Neustrelitz, Berlin and Cassel, he succeeded (1842) [[Karl Friedrich Hermann]] as professor of classical literature at [[University of Marburg|Marburg]]. In 1852 he went to [[University of Freiburg|Freiburg]], and in 1857 returned to Halle.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Bergk, Theodor|volume=3|pages=773–774}}</ref>

In 1868 he resigned his professorship, and settled down to study and literary work in [[Bonn]]. He died on 20 July 1881, at [[Ragatz]] in [[Switzerland]], where he had gone for the benefit of his health.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Bergk's literary activity was very great, but his reputation mainly rests upon his work in connection with Greek literature and the Greek lyric poets. His ''Poetae Lyrici Graeci'' (1843), and ''Griechische Litteraturgeschichte'' (1872–1887) (completed by G. Hinrichs and R. Peppmüller with the aid of Bergk's posthumous papers) became standard works.<ref name="EB1911"/>

He also edited [[Anacreon]] (1834), the fragments of [[Aristophanes]] (1840), Aristophanes (3rd ed., 1872), [[Sophocles]] (2nd ed., 1868), a lyric anthology (4th ed., 1890). Among his other works may be mentioned: ''Augusti Rerum a se gestarum Index'' (1873); ''Inschriften römischer Schleudergeschosse'' (1876); ''Zur Geschichte und Topographie der Rheinlande in römischer Zeit'' (1882); ''Beiträge zur römischen Chronologie'' (1884).
His ''Kleine philologische Schriften'' were edited by Peppmüller (1884–1886), and contain, in addition to a complete list of his writings, a sketch of his life.<ref name="EB1911"/>

== Works ==
*''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2eIDAAAAQAAJ Aristophanis fragmenta]''. Edidit Th. Bergk, Berolini typis et impensis G. Reimeri, 1840.
*''[https://archive.org/details/poetaelyricigrae00berguoft Poetae Lyrici Graeci]''. Edidit Theodorus Bergk, Lipsiae, Sumtu Reichenbachiorum fratrum, 1843.
**''[https://books.google.com/books?id=F4gCAAAAQAAJ&hl=it&source=gbs_similarbooks Poetae Lyrici Graeci]''. Recensuit Theodorus Bergk. Editio altera auctior et emendatior. Lipsiae, apud Rechenbachios, 1853.
**''Poetae Lyrici Graeci''. Tertiis curis recensuit Theodorus Bergk. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ0lAAAAMAAJ Pars 1], [https://books.google.com/books?id=OoINAAAAYAAJ pars 2], [https://books.google.com/books?id=NKY-AAAAcAAJ pars 3]. Lipsiae in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1865–67.
**''Poetae Lyrici Graeci''. Recensuit Theodorus Bergk. Editionis quartae. [https://archive.org/details/poetaelyricigrae02berguoft Vol. 2], [https://archive.org/details/poetaelyricigrae03berguoft vol. 3]. Lipsiae in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1878–82.
*''Griechische Literaturgeschichte'' von Theodor Bergk. [https://archive.org/details/griechischeliter01berguoft Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/griechischeliter02berguoft vol. 2], [https://archive.org/details/griechischeliter03berguoft vol. 3], [https://archive.org/details/griechischeliter04berguoft vol. 4]. Berlin, Weimannsche Buchhanndlung, 1872–87.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Bergk, Theodor|year=1920}}

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