Theodor Obbarius
Friedrich August Theodor Obbarius (* 1817 in Frankenhausen ; † May 2, 1855 in Wollin ) was a German classical philologist .
Life
Theodor Obbarius was the son of the classical philologist and high school professor Lobegott Samuel Obbarius (1788-1860). After studying classical philology and obtaining his doctorate, he worked as a teacher at a private teaching institute in Wollin , where he died early.
Like his father, Obbarius dealt with text criticism and explanation of the Roman poet Horace . He concentrated on the poet's odes ( carmina ), which he published in 1837 in a bilingual edition (Latin-German) and in a critical Latin edition (1848). His father published his school commentary on the odes and epodes posthumously in 1856.
In addition to his work on Horace, Obbarius also emerged through explanatory, critical editions of Prudentius (Tübingen 1845) and Boëthius ( Der Solst der Philosophie , Jena 1854). In his edition of Prudentius, he was the first to recognize and prove that the praefatio (preface) to the first book is a forgery.
literature
- Bernhard Anemüller: Obbarius, Theodor (additional entry) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 84.
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Nomenclator Philologorum , Leipzig 1871, p. 341.
- Christian Gnilka : Prudentiana I: Critica , Munich / Leipzig 2000.
- Wilhelm Pökel : Philological Writer's Lexicon , Leipzig 1882, p. 194.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eckstein (1871) 341. Anemüller (1888) names (the only one) deviating from this as the year of death 1854.
- ↑ Gnilka (2000) 465.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Obbarius, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obbarius, Friedrich August Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1855 |
| Place of death | Wollin |