Thassilo von Scheffer

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Thassilo von Scheffer (born July 1, 1873 in Prussian Stargard ; † November 27, 1951  in Berlin ) was a German poet who is best known for his translations of ancient Greek poetry (including Homer's ).

He studied at the universities in Strasbourg , Königsberg and Freiburg i. Br. And became Dr. phil. PhD. He then lived as a freelance writer in Munich , Berlin and Rome .

Works in transmissions and editions (selection)

  • The Eleusinians (1898)
  • The Roman sagas of gods and heroes (1900)
  • The Argonauts (of Apollonios of Rhodes )
  • Modern cicerone. Rome. III (1903)
  • Modern cicerone. Naples (1909)
  • Modern cicerone. Rome. I./II. (1910)
  • Homer's Iliad (1913)
  • From the poems of Frederick the Great (1913)
  • Aristophanes , reissued after Ludwig Seeger (1913)
  • Homer's Odyssey (1918)
  • The Homeric Philosophy (1921)
  • From the "Colloqui" of Guido Gozzano , 1922
  • The Philosophy of Marriage (1922)
  • Homer and His Time (1925)
  • The first four sonnets and the first love of Lorenzo de Medici , together with H. Hefele (1925)
  • Philosophical writings by Seneca , re-edited after the translation by JM Moser. (I./II. 1925)
  • The Dionysiacs of Nonnos , I.1925 / II.1933
  • The Homeric Hymns of the Gods (1927)
  • Greek sagas (1930)
  • Greek sculpture of the 5th century BC Chr.
  • The Cyprus (1934)
  • Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (reworked) (1938)
  • The culture of the Greeks (London, 1938)
  • Hesiod's works (1938)
  • The legends of the stars around the ancient world (1939)
  • Hellenic Mysteries and Oracle (1940)
  • Virgil's Aeneïs (1942)
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses (1948)

Own poems

  • Steps , Munich 1896
  • Rare hours , Munich 1898
  • New poems , Munich 1907
  • The poems , Berlin 1939

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personal data
SURNAME Scheffer, Thassilo von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Prussian Stargard
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1951
Place of death Berlin