Franz Ritter
Franz Ritter (15 February 1803, Medebach – 22 October 1875, Bonn) was a German classical philologist.
He studied classical philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1828 with a dissertation on Aristophanes' Plutus. In 1829 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Bonn, where in 1833 he was named an associate professor of classical philology.[1]
He published the entire edition of works by Horace (1856-57) as well as three complete editions of Tacitus (1834-36, 1848 and 1856-57). He also edited works by Tertullian, Terence, Aristotle and Sophocles.[2]
Selected works
- Elementorum grammaticae latinae libri duo, (1831).
- Poetica, (1839); edition of Aristotle's Poetics.
- Didymus Chalcenteri opuscula (1845), edition of Didymus Chalcenterus.
- Cornelii Taciti Opera, (1848); edition of Tacitus.
- Q. Horativs Flaccvs Ad codices saecvli noni decimique exactvm commentario critico et exegetico, (two volumes, 1856-57); edition of Horace.
- Sophokles' König Oidipus, (1870); Sophocles' Oedipus the King.[3]
References
- ↑ ADB:Ritter, Franz In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, S. 673.
- ↑ Plett - Schmidseder edited by Walther Killy
- ↑ Most widely held works by Franz Ritter WorldCat Identities
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