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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. The publication of this monumental edition began in 1841, after Muller's death, and was completed in 1870.
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Karl M ller (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published two standard works, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum and Geographi Graeci Minores, which have never been superseded, but very little is known about his life, and he is frequently confused with Carl Otfried M ller, another great German classicist of the nineteenth century. Born near Hannover, Karl and his brother and collaborator Theodor both studied at the University of G ttingen, but both left Germany in 1839, probably for political reasons. They moved to Paris, where the five-volume Fragmenta was produced in partnership with the printer publisher Ambroise Firmin-Didot. It covers the works of historians which have been lost, but of which fragments survive in other works.