From 2005 to 2023, the Matheton Agon was held 19 times to award prizes for the best work in Greek. Over 50 prize winners were honored for their outstanding achievements. Starting in 2026, the best work in both classical languages will be honored together under the umbrella of the Josef Delz Prize. The prize's namesake exemplifies in his academic oeuvre the kinship and unity of Greek and Latin literature and culture. We are expressing this fact with the reorientation of the Delz Prize, thus giving the agonistic spirit of the Greeks a new home.

For the Subject Area of Greek Philology
Gunther Martin