Synopses & Reviews
A German scholar of Greek mythology, Karl Otfried Muller (1797-1840), made important contributions to the study of ancient Greece. He believed in using all available sources, including art and architecture, to form an understanding of Greek life as a whole. His work represented a turning point in the development of Hellenistic studies, seeking to relate classical civilisation to the present, and creating a new conception of Hellenism. Fragmenta was part of a larger series, Scriptorum Graecorum Bibliotheca, which Muller produced in partnership with the Parisian printer-publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot. It covers histories which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works. Volume 1 contains histories by Hecataeus of Miletus, Charon of Lampsacus, and Apollodorus of Athens, which had been previously published by Klausen in 1831. The Appendix is a French transcription of the Greek inscription on the Rosetta Stone, published in Paris in 1841.
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Karl Müller (1813-1894) published two standard works, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum and Geographi Graeci Minores, which have never been superseded, but very little is known about his life, and he is frequently confused with Carl Otfried Müller, another great German classicist of the nineteenth century. Born near Hannover, Karl and his brother and collaborator Theodor both studied at the University of Göttingen, but both left Germany in 1839, probably for political reasons. They moved to Paris, where Fragmenta was produced in partnership with the printer-publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot between 1841 and 1872. It covers histories which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works. Volume 1 contains histories by Hecataeus of Miletus, Charon of Lampsacus, and Apollodorus of Athens, which had been previously published by Klausen in 1831. The Appendix is a French transcription of the Greek inscription on the Rosetta Stone.
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Müller's monumental edition of the surviving fragments of Greek historians was published in Paris between 1841 and 1872.
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Karl Otfried Müller (1797-1840) was an important German scholar of ancient Greece. The publication of his monumental Fragments of Greek Historians began in 1841, after his death. Volume 1 contains histories by Hecataeus, Charon of Lampascus, and Apollodorus of Athens.
Table of Contents
Praefatio; De vita et scriptis auctorum, quorum fragmenta hoc volumine comprehenduntur; Hecataei fragmenta; Charonis fragmenta; Xanthi fragmenta; Hellanici fragmenta; Pherecydis fragmenta; Acusilai fragmenta; Apollodori bibliothecae; Antiochi fragmenta; Philisti fragmenta; Timaei fragmenta; Ephori fragmenta; Theopompi fragmenta; Phylarchi fragmenta; Clitodemi fragmenta; Phanodemi fragmenta; Androtionis fragmenta; Demonis fragmenta; Philochori fragmenta; Istri fragmenta; Apollodori fragmenta; Index; Marmor Parium; Inscription Grecque de Rosette, texte et traduction littérale, accompagnée d'un commentaire critique, historique et archéologique par M. Letronne.