Walter Burkert

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Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historian
scholar
classical philologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Hans_Georg_Gadamer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Zurich
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz_Prize
gptkb:Humboldt_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1931-02-02
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:contribution cultural anthropology
comparative mythology
interdisciplinary studies in ancient history
gptkbp:deathDate 2021-01-03
gptkbp:field gptkb:ancient_Greek_religion
mythology
philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Burkert
gptkbp:influenced the field of religious studies
the study of mythology
contemporary_studies_of_ancient_Greece
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_von_Weizsäcker
gptkb:Ernst_Cassirer
Martin Heidegger
gptkbp:knownFor his_work_on_ancient_Greek_religion_and_mythology.
gptkbp:language English
French
German
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Günther_Zuntz
gptkb:Michael_W._Meier
gptkb:Rudolf_Pfeiffer
Hans-Joachim Gehrke
Thomas A. Szlezák
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Greek_Religion
Creation of the Sacred
Structure_and_History_in_Greek_Mythology_and_Ritual
gptkbp:occupation author
lecturer
academic
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:researchFocus philosophy of religion
myth and ritual
sacred and profane in ancient cultures