Anton Westermann (18 June 1806,
Leipzig – 24 November 1869, Leipzig) was a German
classical philologist.
From 1825 to 1830, he studied
philology at the
University of Leipzig, where in 1833 he became an associate professor of classical philology. From 1834 to 1865, he was a full professor of
Greek and
Roman literature at Leipzig. On four separate occasions he was dean to the faculty of philosophy.
[Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig]
Biographical sketch
He is known for his edition and critical examination of
Demosthenes, for his edition of works by ancient authors such as
Plutarch,
Lysias,
Callistratus and
Philostratus, and for his scholarly treatment of Greek
mythography
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrat ...
("''Mythographoi''"), biography ("''Biographoi''") and
paradoxography ("''Paradoxographoi''"). His edition of
Heraclitus' epistles, ''Heracliti Epistolae quae feruntur'' (1857), later appeared in
Rudolf Hercher
Rudolf Hercher ( la, Rudolphus Hercher; 11 January 182126 March 1878) was a German classical philologist, who worked as a Grammar school teacher in Rudolstadt (1847–1859) and Berlin (1861–1878). He is especially known for his textual criti ...
's ''Epistolographi Graeci''.
Published works
* ''Quaestiones Demosthenicae'', 4 volumes, Leipzig 1830–37.
* ''Plutarchi Vitae decem oratorum'',
Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1833.
* ''Geschichte der Beredtsamkeit in Griechenland und Rom'', 2 volumes, Leipzig 1833-1835 – History of
eloquence
Eloquence (from French ''eloquence'' from Latin ''eloquentia'') is fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience. Eloquence is both a natural talent and improved by knowledge of language, study of a specific subject ...
in Greece and Rome.
* ''Paradoxographoi, scriptores rerum mirabilium graeci'',
Braunschweig 1839.
* ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnikon quae supersunt'', 1839; (edition of
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
).
* ''Diogenis Laertii De clarorum philosophorum : vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus libri decem'', 1842; (part of series: Bibliotheca scriptorum graecorum editore A. Firmin-Didot, with other authors).
* ''Mythographoi. Scriptores poeticae historiae Graeci'', Braunschweig 1843.
* ''Biographoi. Vitarum scriptores Graeci minores'', Braunschweig 1845.
* ''Philostratorum et Callistrati opera'', 1849 (with other authors)
* ''Ausgewählte Reden des Demosthenes'', 2 volumes, Leipzig 1850-1851 – Selected speeches of Demosthenes.
* ''Die Modalität der Athenischen Gesetzgebung, geprüft an den in die Rede des Demosthenes gegen Timokrates'' §§ 20 - 23, 27, 33, 39, 40, 59 (''Untersuchungen über die in die Attischen Redner eingelegten Urkunden'', Tl. 1), Leipzig 1850 – The modality of Athenian legislation examined in the speech of
Demosthenes against Timocrates. Investigations on proceedings in the
Attic orators' documents.
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* ''Lysiae Orationes : recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Carolus Hude'', 1854.WorldCat Identities]
Most widely held works by Anton Westermann
References
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1806 births
1869 deaths
German classical philologists
Leipzig University alumni
Academic staff of Leipzig University