Johann Eustachius Goldhagen

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Johann Eustachius Goldhagen (* 1701 in Nordhausen ; † October 7, 1772 in Magdeburg ) was a German teacher , headmaster and classical philologist .

Life

He was the grammar school director in Nordhausen (where his book Brief Presentation of the Use of School Libraries was aimed at expanding the grammar school library ) and from 1753 to 1772 rector of the cathedral school in Magdeburg .

He gained a reputation for himself through his translations of Herodotus ( Nine Books of History ), Xenophon ( history and eulogy of Agesilaus ), Pausanias ( travel description of Greece ) and an anthology of Greek and Roman texts in German translations. His Herodotus translation was revised by Hanns Floerke in 1911.

Of his sons, Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Goldhagen (1742–1788) became professor of medicine and natural history at the University of Halle and Heinrich Philipp Goldhagen (1746–1826) was a lawyer and Prussian detective director.

Publications

  • Brief news of the current arrangement of the lessons in the Gymnasio der Rst. Nordhausen . Coeler, Nordhausen 1745
  • Brief idea of ​​the benefits of school libraries . Nordhausen 1747
  • The wisdom and goodness of God in the rain, even in wet weather . Nordhausen, 1752
  • Letter to the gentlemen who wrote the free judgments and impartial reports in Hamburg, in defense of a harsh judgment by Professor Gottsched in Leipzig, written by Johann Eustachius Goldhagen . Magdeburg 1754
  • Herodotus's nine books of history, translated from the Greek and with a register in which some necessary explanations are included, provided by Johann Eustachius Goldhagen, Rector of the Cathedral School in Magdeburg . With kings Phln. and Churfürstl. Lemgo, in the bookstore 1756
  • Greek and Roman anthologies in German translations, explained with annotations . 3 volumes. Brandenburg, JW a. JS Halle, 1768
  • Pausanias. Detailed travel description of Greece, translated from the Greek and explained with comments by Johann Eustachius Goldhagen . Second improved edition. 4 parts in 2 volumes. CG Schöne, Berlin 1798–99.

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SURNAME Goldhagen, Johann Eustachius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1772
Place of death Magdeburg