Gustav Albert Sauppe

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gustav Albert Sauppe (born March 3, 1802 in Kayna near Zeitz ; † February 6, 1870 in Liegnitz ) was a German classical philologist and high school director.

Life

Gustav Albert Sauppe was the fifth child of pastor Johann August Sauppe (1761–1809) and Karoline Louise nee. Günther. He attended the Stiftsgymnasium in Zeitz from 1812 to 1820 and then studied classical philology at the University of Leipzig . Here Professor Gottfried Hermann encouraged him to study Greek literature and language. After his doctorate and the state examination (1824) Sauppe went to Torgau, where he temporarily managed the post of sub-principal at the grammar school. At Easter 1825 he was officially entrusted with the position, after a few years promoted to vice rector and finally in 1843 appointed rector. Under his ten-year rectorate, the grammar school took a huge boom. In 1852 a real department was added. Because Sauppe had gained the ministry's attention with his work, he was entrusted with the management of the Knight's Academy in Liegnitz in 1853. After nine years he retired and devoted himself to his research until he died on February 6, 1870.

Sauppe was a profound expert on the Greek historian and specialist writer Xenophon . He published critical editions of several individual works: Memorabilia (1834), The State of the Lacedaemonians (1838), On Riding Art (1838), Kynegetikos (1838), Symposion (1841), Hieron (1841) and Agesilaos (1841). His older work includes the three-volume complete edition of Xenophon (1867–1871) and thebesus Xenophonteus (1869), a Xenophon dictionary; also two other writings, Pictures of Antiquity (1868) and Migrations in the Field of Language and Literature (1888).

literature

personal data
SURNAME Sauppe, Gustav Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical philologist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Kayna
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1870
Place of death Liegnitz