Antonín Bartoněk#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1440 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Antonín Bartoněk passed away May 30, 2016.
Positions Held
- since 2007 Professor of Classical Philology at the Masaryk University in Brno
- 1990 - 1993 Chair of the Academic Senate, Faculty of Arts at the Masaryk University
- 1974 - 1976, 1990 - 1993, 1995 - 1997 Head of the Institute of Classical Studies at the Masaryk University
- 1966 - 1969 Vice Dean, Faculty of Arts at the Masaryk University
Fields of Scholarship
- Early stages of classical languages (Greek and Latin)
- Mycenology
- Ancient Greek dialects
- Homer
- Application of modern linguistic methods in Greek and Latin studies
- Origin of the Greek alphabet and its spread into the Mediterranean area
- Languages of ancient Aegeida and Italy
- Comparison of Latin with modern languages, especially with Romance languages and Czech
Honours and Awards
- Member of the editorial board of the journal Minos (Salamanca)
- Member of the editorial board of the journal Eirene (Prague)
- Member of the editorial board of the journal Listy filologické (Prague)
