Carl Wilhelm Göttling
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Carl Wilhelm Göttling German classical scholar, was born at Jena
.
He studied at the universities of Jena and Berlin, took part in the war against France
in 1814, and finally settled down in 1828 as professor at the university of his native town, where he continued to reside till his death. In his early years Göttling devoted himself to German literature, and published two works on the Nibelungen: Uber des Geschichtliche im Nibelungenliede (1814) and Nibelungen und Gibelinen (1817).
The greater part of his life, however, was devoted to the study of classical literature, especially the elucidation of Greek authors. The contents of his Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem klassischen Altertum (1851–1863) and Opuscula Academica (published in 1869 after his death) sufficiently indicate the varied nature of his studies. He edited the Techne (grammatical manual) of Theodosius of Alexandria
(1822), Aristotle
's Politics (1824), and Economics (1830) and Hesiod
(1831; 3rd ed. by J Flach
, 1878).
Mention may also be made of his Allgemeine Lehre vom Accent der griechischen Sprache (Jena 1835), enlarged from a smaller work, which was translated into English (1831) as the Elements of Greek Accentuation; and of his Correspondence with Goethe (published 1880).
See memoirs by C Nipperdey, his colleague at Jena (1869), G Lothholz (Stargard, 1876), K Fischer (preface to the Opuscula Academica), and Conrad Bursian
in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, ix.
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
.
He studied at the universities of Jena and Berlin, took part in the war against France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1814, and finally settled down in 1828 as professor at the university of his native town, where he continued to reside till his death. In his early years Göttling devoted himself to German literature, and published two works on the Nibelungen: Uber des Geschichtliche im Nibelungenliede (1814) and Nibelungen und Gibelinen (1817).
The greater part of his life, however, was devoted to the study of classical literature, especially the elucidation of Greek authors. The contents of his Gesammelte Abhandlungen aus dem klassischen Altertum (1851–1863) and Opuscula Academica (published in 1869 after his death) sufficiently indicate the varied nature of his studies. He edited the Techne (grammatical manual) of Theodosius of Alexandria
Theodosius of Alexandria
Theodosius of Alexandria may refer to:*Patriarch Theodosius I of Alexandria *Pope Theodosius II of Alexandria *Patriarch Theodosius II of Alexandria *Pope Theodosius III of Alexandria...
(1822), Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
's Politics (1824), and Economics (1830) and Hesiod
Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and...
(1831; 3rd ed. by J Flach
Geoffroi Jacques Flach
Geoffroi Jacques Flach was a French jurist and historian born at Strasbourg, Alsace, of a family known at least as early as the 16th century, when Sigismond Flach was the first professor of law at University of Strasbourg.G.J. Flach studied classics and law at Strasbourg, and in 1869 took his...
, 1878).
Mention may also be made of his Allgemeine Lehre vom Accent der griechischen Sprache (Jena 1835), enlarged from a smaller work, which was translated into English (1831) as the Elements of Greek Accentuation; and of his Correspondence with Goethe (published 1880).
See memoirs by C Nipperdey, his colleague at Jena (1869), G Lothholz (Stargard, 1876), K Fischer (preface to the Opuscula Academica), and Conrad Bursian
Conrad Bursian
Conrad Bursian was a German philologist and archaeologist.He was born at Mutzschen in Saxony. When his parents moved to Leipzig, he received his early education at Thomasschule zu Leipzig, and entered the university in 1847...
in Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, ix.