Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich.

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich (20 October 1760 in Weissensee (Thuringia) – 6 January 1854 in Göttingen) was a German classical scholar. He wrote several books on ancient Greek literature. He is best remembered for his edition of the odes and epodes by the Roman poet Horace.[1]

From 1779 he studied at the University of Göttingen as a pupil of Christian Gottlob Heyne. In 1785 he became an associate professor at Göttingen, where he also worked in the university library. In 1794 he attained a full professorship at the university,[1] and in 1816, 1823/1824 and 1829/1830, he served as vice-rector.[2]

Selected works

  • "Scriptores erotici Graeci', (1792–1798); 3 volumes.
    • Volume I. "Achillis Tatii alexandrini De Clitophontis et Leucippes amoribus".
    • Volume II, pt. 1-2. "Heliodori Aethiopicorum".
    • Volume III. "Longi Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe, accedunt Xenophontis Ephesiacorum De amoribus Anthiae et Abrocomae".
  • "Heliodōrou aithiopikōn biblia deka = Heliodori Aethiopicorum libri decem", (1797); edition of "Aethiopica" by Heliodorus of Emesa, part of series "Scriptores erotici Graeci".
  • "Q. Horatii Flacci", (1800), edition of Horace.[3]

References

  • Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952, v. 1, p. 7.
  1. 1 2 ADB:Mitscherlich, Christoph Wilhelm @ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
  2. ↑ Statement based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ WorldCat Identities published works
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