Erich Bethe
Erich Julius Adolf Bethe was a German classical philologist who was a native of Stettin.
In 1887 he earned his doctorate from the University of Göttingen, later receiving his habilitation at Bonn in 1891. From 1893 to 1897 he was an associate professor at the University of Rostock, afterwards serving as a professor of classical philology at the Universities of Basel, Giessen and Leipzig. In 1927–28 he was rector at the University of Leipzig.
Bethe was married to the German painter Margarethe Loewe-Bethe.
In 1933 Bethe signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.
His better known publications are as follows:
- Thebanische Heldenlieder, 1891.
- Prolegomena zur Geschichte des Theaters im Alterthum, 1896.
- Homer, Dichtung und Sage, 1914.
- Der troische Epenkreis, 1919
- Griechische Lyrik, 1920.
- Marchen, sage, mythus , 1922.
- Die griechische Dichtung, 1924.
- Tausend jahre altgriechischen lebens, 1933.
- Ahnenbild und familiengeschichte bei Römern und Griechen, 1935.
Literature
- Erich Burck: Leipzig 1921–1925: Richard Heinze, Alfred Körte, Erich Bethe. In: Eikasmós. Band 4, 1993, S. 61–70.
- Otto Kern: Erich Bethe †. In: Gnomon. Band 17, S. 142–144
- Herbert Helbig: Bethe, Erich Julius Adolf. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie. Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955,, S. 185
