Sam Wide
Sam Wide , full name Samuel Karl Anders Wide, (born October 17, 1861 in Stora Tuna , † February 13, 1918 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish classical philologist and archaeologist as well as religious historian.
Sam Wide studied at Uppsala University , where he received his doctorate in 1888. From 1893 to 1895 he made extensive trips to Italy and Greece, where he undertook excavations in the Poseidon shrine of Kalaureia and in Aphidnai in Attica . In 1895 he became professor of classical philology at Lund University , and in 1899 at Uppsala University. In 1909 he became the first professor of Classical Archeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University.
His main area of research was the history of Greek religion, in particular the history of cults in their local development.
Publications (selection)
- De sacris Troezeniorum, Hermionensium, Epidauriorum . Uppsala 1888 (= dissertation).
- Laconic cults . Teubner, Leipzig 1893 ( digitized version ).
- Greek and Roman religion (= introduction to classical studies. Volumes 2, 4). Teubner, Leipzig 1910 ( archive.org ); 4th edition, reviewed and edited by Martin P. Nilsson in 1931.
literature
- Lennart Kjellberg : Wide, Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 260-262 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Ingrid Berg: Kalaureia 1894: A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece (PDF) Stockholm University, 2016 (= Stockholm Studies in Archeology , 69).
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| SURNAME | Wide, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wide, Samuel Karl Anders (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish classical philologist, classical archaeologist and historian of religion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stora Tuna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1918 |
| Place of death | Uppsala |