Synopses & Reviews
Gottfried Hermann's Opuscula (1827-1877) collects in eight volumes the shorter writings of this central figure of nineteenth-century classical philology. Best known for his work on Greek metrics and his editions of Aeschylus, Euripides and others, Hermann (1772-1848) drew on Kantian phenomenology as well as his own formidable understanding of ancient grammars to advance a compelling program of classical scholarship that took language itself as the primary witness to the distant past. Hermann's grammar-based scholarship drew criticism, but established him as foundational to modern philology. As Sihler wrote in 1933, 'He accepted nothing on mere authority, but investigated the causes and roots of every matter.' Volume 5 (1834) includes essays on Aeschylus' Lycurgus and Myrmidons, Saint Paul's Letter to the Galatians, Greek epigrams, a letter to Franz Spitzner, reviews, orations and occasional verse. This diverse collection provides fuller insight into the mind of this highly influential scholar.
Synopsis
Volume 5 (1834) of Hermann's eight-volume Opuscula, which collects the shorter works of this central figure of classical philology.
Synopsis
The shorter works of the eminent classical philologist Gottfried Hermann are collected in this eight-volume Opuscula (1827-1877). Exemplifying the range and thoroughness of Hermann's scholarship, Volume 5 (1834) includes essays on Aeschylus' Lycurgus and Myrmidons, Saint Paul's Letter to the Galatians, reviews and occasional verse.
Table of Contents
1. De Aeschyli Lycurgia dissertatio; 2. Epistola ad Franciscum Spitznerum; 3. De interpolationibus Homeri dissertatio; 4. Scholae Theocriteae; 5. De Pauli epistolae ad Galatas tribus primis capitibus diss.; 6. De Aeschyli Myrmidonibus, Nereidibus, Phrygibus diss.; 7. De epigrammatis quibusdam Graecis dissertatio; 8. De fragmentis poetarum in scholiis Vaticanis ad Euripidis Troades et Rhesum dissertatio; 9. De veterum Graecorum pictura parietum coniecturae; 10. De Bachmanni editione Lycophronis; 11. Adnotationes ad Io. Henr. Neukirchii librum de fabula togata Romanorum; 12. Excerpta ex censura Henr. Raspii commentationis de Eupolidis Δήμοις et