Alexander Riese (2 June 1840,

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– 8 October 1924, Frankfurt) was a German classical scholar. An ''R'', after his surname, indicates the canonical numeration for poems surviving in the Anthologia Latina, of which he edited into a more critically accurate collection than the original nucleus.

Biography

He was born in Frankfurt am Main and received his education at the universities of

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and

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. Following graduation he served as an adjunct at the

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in Berlin. In 1864 he obtained his

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and four years later became an associate professor at the

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. From 1868 he served as a senior teacher at the gymnasium in Frankfurt, where in 1871 he attained the title of professor. Besides his editions of

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's ''Satiræ Menippeae'' (1865), of the '' Anthologia Latina'' (1869; second edition, 1894), of

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(3 parts, 1871–74), of the ''Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri'' (1871, second edition, 1893), of

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(1884, "''Die Gedichte des Catullus''"),de.Wikisource
bibliography of Riese and of Phaedrus (1885),OCLC WorldCat
Phaedri Avgvsti liberti Fabvlae Aesopiae he published a suggestive essay, ''Idealisierung der Naturvölker des Nordens in den griechischen und römischen Litteraturen'' (1875), and two monographs on early German history, ''Das Rheinische Germanien in der antiken Litteratur'' (1892) and ''Das Rheinische Germanien in den antiken Inschriften'' (1914).

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Geographi latini minores
', Alexander Riese (ed.), Heilbronnae apud Henningeros fratres, 1878. {{DEFAULTSORT:Riese, Alexander 1840 births 1924 deaths Writers from Frankfurt Academic staff of Heidelberg University German classical scholars German classical philologists 20th-century German historians German male non-fiction writers 21st-century German historians