Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (26 January 1806 in Steinbach bei Borna – 17 March 1887) was a German

classical philologist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

. He was the son of theologian Christian Friedrich Fritzsche (1776–1850). He studied under

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

Gottfried Hermann Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann (28 November 1772 – 31 December 1848) was a German classical scholar and philologist. He published his works under the name Gottfried Hermann or its Latin equivalent . Biography He was born in Leipzig. Entering ...

(his future father-in-law) at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

, where in 1825 he received his habilitation. In 1828, he succeeded

Immanuel Gottlieb Huschke Immanuel Gottlieb Huschke (8 January 1761 in Greußen, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – 18 February 1828) was a German classical philologist. Academic background He studied theology and philology at the University of Jena. After several years sp ...

(1761–1828) as professor of

rhetoric Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It is one of the three ancient arts of discourse ( trivium) along with grammar and logic/ dialectic. As an academic discipline within the humanities, rhetoric aims to study the techniques that speakers or w ...

and

belles-lettres () is a category of writing, originally meaning beautiful or fine writing. In the modern narrow sense, it is a label for literary works that do not fall into the major categories such as fiction, poetry, or drama. The phrase is sometimes used pej ...

(teaching classes in

classical literature Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, ...

) at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock () is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Se ...

. At Rostock, he founded a philological seminar, and in 1836/37, he served as university rector.

Writings

In the field of

, he is largely known for his scholarly interpretation of

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving play ...

and

Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridi ...

. The following are some of his principal writings: * Quaestiones Lucianeae, 1826 * Varietas lectionis in Luciani Nigrinum, 1830 * Quaestiones Aristophaneae, 1835 * De parabasi Thesmophoriazusarum commentatio, 1836 * Aristophanis comoediae, quae supersunt, 1838 * Disputatio de Adimanto, patriae suae proditore, 1843 * Disputatio de Deo ex machina, 1843 * Aristophanis Ranae, 1845.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fritzsche, Franz Volkmar 1806 births 1887 deaths People from Bad Lausick People from the Electorate of Saxony German classical philologists Academic staff of the University of Rostock Academic staff of Leipzig University