Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche

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Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche

Adolf Theodor Hermann Fritzsche (born June 3, 1818 in Groitzsch ; † February 9, 1878 in Leipzig ) was a German classical philologist and son of pastor Johannes Dorotheus Fritzsche (1785–1863).

Life

From 1830 he attended the Nikolaischule in Leipzig , from 1837 he also studied philology and philosophy in Leipzig . He became a private lecturer in 1844 and professor in Gießen in 1849 , and professor in Leipzig in 1850. In his most important works he dealt with the Greek writers Theocrit and Horace . In Gießen he became a member of the Masonic Lodge "Ludewig zur Treue".

Fonts (selection)

  • Theokrits Idyllen , published 1857, 2nd edition 1869
  • To Theocrit and Virgil , Leipzig , 1860

literature

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