Jan Maarten Bremer (8 October 1932 – 3 September 2023) was a Dutch classical scholar, known for his work on ancient Greek literature.
Biography Bremer was born on 8 October 1932 at Wijk bij Duurstede. He obtained degrees at the University of Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam, and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge from 1965 to 1967, where he worked with Denys Page and D. W. Lucas. He obtained his doctorate at Amsterdam in 1969, with a thesis titled "Hamartia: Tragic Error in the Poetics of Aristotle and in Greek Tragedy", written under the supervision of Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek.
In 1976, Bremer was appointed to the Chair of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam, following the retirement of Kamerbeek. Bremer's doctoral students at Amsterdam included Irene de Jong.
His retirement in 1995 was marked by a Festschrift in his honour, titled Schurken en schelmen. Cultuurhistorische verkenningen rond de Middellandse zee ("Rogues and Scoundrels: Cultural-Historical Explorations around the Mediterranean"). In 2006, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
He died at Castricum on 3 September 2023.
Selected publications
Monographs
Editions of ancient texts
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Edited volumes
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