Martin Julius Hertz (7 April 1818, in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

– 22 September 1895) 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, ...

, a student and biographer of

Karl Lachmann Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. He is particularly noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism. Biography Lachmann was born in Brunsw ...

. He studied

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at the Universities of

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and

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, where his instructors included

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(1785–1867) and

(1793–1851), the latter being an important influence to Hertz' career. He earned his doctorate in 1842, followed by his

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a few years later (1845). Afterwards, he embarked on an educational journey throughout Europe (southern Germany,

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and

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). In 1855 he became a professor of classical philology at the

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, followed by a professorship at the

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several years later (1862). He is especially known for his critical editions of

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and

Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his ''Attic Nights'', a commonplace book, ...

Works

*''De L. Cinciis commentationis particula: dissertatio philologica'', Berolini, Typis Academiciis, 1842. *''Sinnius Capito: eine Abhandlung zur Geschichte der römischen Grammatik'', Berlin, Oehmickes Buchhandlung, 1844. *''De P. Nigidii Figuli studiis atque operibus'', Berolini, Imprensis Librariae Oehmigkianae typis academicis, 1845. *''

: eine Biographie'', Berlin, W. Hertz, 1851. *

, ''Noctium Atticarum libri XX'', ex recensione Martini Hertz, 2 volumes, Lipsiae, sumptibus et typis B. G. Teubneri, 1853-61. *

Priscianus Caesariensis Priscianus Caesariensis (), commonly known as Priscian ( or ), was a Latin grammarian and the author of the ''Institutes of Grammar'', which was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. It also provided the raw materia ...

, ''Institutionum grammaticarum libri XVIII'', ex recensione Martini Hertzii, 2 volumes, Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1855-59. *

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, ''

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'', edidit Martinus Hertz, 4 volumes, Lipsiae, ex officina Bernhardi Tauchnitz, 1857-64. *''Opuscula Gelliana lateinisch und deutsch'', Berlin, Verlag von W. Hertz, 1886. * Q. Horatius Flaccus, ''

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'', relegit et apparatu critico selecto instruxit Martinus Hertz, Berolini, Weidmannos, 1892.German Wikisource
(publications)

References

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