Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ove Jørgensen

Ove Jørgensen

An illustration of the Greek gods, from a fifth-century CE manuscript

Ove Jørgensen (5 September 1877–31 October 1950) was a Danish scholar of classics, literature and ballet. He formulated Jørgensen's law, which describes the narrative conventions used in Homeric poetry when relating the actions of the gods. He lived for most of his life in Copenhagen, where he was educated at the Metropolitanskolen and the University of Copenhagen. In 1904, he published "The Appearances of the Gods in Books 9–12 of the Odyssey", outlining the distinctions between how divine actions are described by mortal characters and by the narrator and gods. In 1905, he left academia, after he was not invited to join a newly formed learned society. He devoted himself to teaching and to writing on ballet. In ballet, he promoted what he saw as authentic, masculine Danish aesthetics – represented by the ballet master August Bournonville – against modernist, liberalising innovations from Europe and the United States. Among his students was the future prime minister, Poul Hartling. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): I think with reasonable confidence this is the first Danish Homerist-cum-balletist TFA in Wikipedia's history: we did have Homeric Hymns on 1 August, which is the most recent classical article.
• Main editors:
• Promoted: 15 September 2024
• Reasons for nomination: Any mileage in swapping this in to 31 October, to coincide with the anniversary of J's death?
• Support as nominator. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 10:02, 6 October 2024 (UTC)