Thomas Stangl (philologist)

Thomas Stangl (born December 21, 1854 in Aufhausen near Regensburg ; † August 4, 1921 in Würzburg ) was a German classical philologist , especially a Latinist . Lasting merits are his text editions and studies on the handwritten tradition and ancient commentary on Cicero's rhetorical writings .

Life

Thomas Stangl, the son of a red tanner master, attended the royal high school in Regensburg and then studied classical philology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . As a student he undertook extensive manuscript studies in Bavarian libraries. In his dissertation (published in Gotha 1882) he dealt with the late antique commentary by the rhetor Boethius on Cicero's Topica . After his doctorate as Dr. phil. followed in June 1883 the habilitation and appointment as a private lecturer at the university, but at the Stangl did not find a permanent position. He taught at the Ludwigsgymnasium and from August 21, 1887 at the Luitpold-Gymnasium , where he received the title of professor.

During this time, Stangl continued his scientific studies. His publications, which appeared in quick succession, some of which appeared independently, some as supplements to the school program of the Luitpold-Gymnasium, were well received by his colleagues. When Stangl was already at an advanced age, a university career finally opened up for him: on October 1, 1900, he was appointed as an associate professor for classical philology at the University of Würzburg , where he led the newly established philological proseminar. In 1908 he received the title and rank of full professor, and in 1919 he received full rights. After his death at the age of 67 he was buried in his birthplace Aufhausen.

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Stangl's scientific work focused on Latin literature throughout antiquity. Methodically, he focused on the history of tradition and textual criticism, and in terms of content (since his studies) on Cicero's rhetorical writings and their ancient explanations; in later years there were also the grammarian Virgilius Maro and the Alexander historian Quintus Curtius Rufus . Stangl's most important achievements are his contributions to the precise knowledge of the handwritten tradition of Cicero: He compared several manuscripts, for which he occasionally undertook long trips (for example to Sicily in 1889), and thus created the basis for the editing work.

His research results were reflected not only in countless individual publications (essays, miscells, program treatises and reviews), but also in editions: Stangl published critical editions of Cicero's writings Orator (1885), Brutus de claris oratoribus (1886) and De oratore (1893) and the so-called Gronov - scholiasts (1884). For the Cicero commentators (Scholiasts) he prepared a summarizing edition, of which he only completed one volume (1912) with the scholias of Asconius Pedianus and numerous anonymous or pseudonymous scholias older and more recent. Volumes 1 and 3 (tradition and indices) did not appear. The edition has remained authoritative to this day and was last reprinted in 2013. The Alexander story of Quintus Curtius Rufus gave Stangl 1902 out for school use. He also prepared a larger critical edition, which he did not complete until his death.

Stangl also participated in the work of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae , for which he excerpted the Cicero scholias and examined the excerpts from Cicero De oratore . From 1914 he was a flag reader.

Fonts (selection)

• Boethiana vel Boethii commentariorum in Ciceronis Topica emendationes ex octo codicibus haustas et auctas observationibus grammaticis . Gotha 1882 (dissertation, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich)
• The so-called Gronovscholiast to eleven Ciceronian speeches. Tradition, text and language shown on the basis of a new comparison of the Leyden manuscript . Prague / Leipzig 1884
• M. Tulli Ciceronis Orator ad M. Brutum. Recensuit Th. Stangl . Vienna / Prague 1885
• M. Tulli Ciceronis Brutus de claris oratoribus. Recensuit Th. Stangl . Vienna / Prague 1886
• Tulliana et Mario-Victoriniana. Small additions to K. Halms text of the Victorinian commentary on Cicero's rhetoric . Munich 1888 (program of the Luitpold-Gymnasium)
• Virgiliana. The grammatical writings of the Gaul Virgilius Maro on the basis of a first comparison of the manuscript of Amiens and a renewed comparison of the manuscripts of Paris and Naples examined text-critically . Munich 1891 (program of the Luitpold-Gymnasium)
• M. Tulli Ciceronis De oratore libri tres. Recensuit Th. Stangl . Vienna / Prague 1893
• Bobiensia. New contributions to the textual criticism and language of the Bobiens Ciceroscholien . Munich 1894 (program of the Luitpold-Gymnasium)
• Tulliana. The text of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae on Cicero De oratore is discussed in selected places . Munich 1897 (program of the Luitpold-Gymnasium)
• Q. Curti Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis libri qui supersunt. Issued for school use . Leipzig / Vienna 1902
• Pseudoasconiana. Text design and language of the anonymous scholias to Cicero's four first Verrinen based on the oldest manuscripts used for the first time . Paderborn 1909. Reprinted in New York 1967
• Ciceronis orationum scholiastae: Asconius, Scholia Bobiensia, Scholia Pseudasconii Sangallensia, Scholia Cluniacensia et recentiora Ambrosiana ac Vaticana, Scholia Lugdunensia sive Gronoviana et eorum excerpta Lugdunensia. Commentarii . Volume 2, Vienna 1912 (no longer published). Reprints Hildesheim 1964, 2013

literature

• Johann Karl Schönberger: Thomas Stangl . In: Annual report on the progress of classical antiquity . Volume 50, 1924, volume 202 (1925). Nekrologe = biographical yearbook for archeology . Volume 44, 1924 (1925), pp. 62–67
• Dietfried Krömer , Manfred Flieger (ed.): Thesaurus stories. Contributions to a Historia Thesauri linguae Latinae by Theodor Bögel (1876–1973) . Leipzig 1996. ISBN 3-8154-7101-X

Web links

Wikisource: Thomas Stangl  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German history calendar . Volume 37 (1921), p. 114. Literarisches Zentralblatt fűr Deutschland . Volume 72 (1921), Col. 654.Schönberger (1924) incorrectly mentions the year 1922 in his obituary.
2. ^ Krömer / Flieger (1996) 220.
3. ^ Krömer / Flieger (1996) 210.