Karl David Ilgen (26 February 1763 – 17 September 1834) was a German Protestant

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scholar and classical philologist. He studied

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and

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at the

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, and was later appointed rector at the munincipal gymnasium in

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(1789). In 1794, he became a professor of

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at the

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. From 1802 to 1831, he was rector of the Landesschule Pforta. Ilgen is credited as the first to use the term "

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" in classical literature, coining the term in 1796 when describing the Homeric "Hymn to Hermes".

Associated works

* "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

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in their original form. * "Skolia, hoc est Carmina convivalia Graecorum", 1798. * "Animadversiones philologicae et criticae in Carmen Virgilianum quod Copa inscribitum", 1820.OCLC Classify
published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilgen, Karl David 1763 births 1834 deaths People from Eckartsberga 18th-century German Protestant theologians 19th-century German Protestant theologians German classical philologists German orientalists 19th-century German male writers Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of the University of Jena German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German male writers