August Heinrich Matthiae
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August Heinrich Matthiae (December 25, 1769 – January 6, 1835) was a German
classical
scholar.
, and educated at the university. He then spent some years as a tutor in Amsterdam
. In 1798 he returned to Germany, and in 1802 was appointed director of the Friedrichsgymnasium at Altenburg
, which post he held till his death. His Life was written by his son Constantin (1845).
's Letters, Aratus
, and Dionysius Periegetes
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
classical
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
scholar.
Biography
He was born at GöttingenGöttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
, and educated at the university. He then spent some years as a tutor in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. In 1798 he returned to Germany, and in 1802 was appointed director of the Friedrichsgymnasium at Altenburg
Altenburg
Altenburg is a town in the German federal state of Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district.-Geography:...
, which post he held till his death. His Life was written by his son Constantin (1845).
Works
Of his numerous important works the best-known are:- Greek Grammar (3rd ed., 1835), translated into English by V BlomfieldEdward Valentine BlomfieldEdward Valentine Blomfield was an English classical scholar and brother of Bishop CJ Blomfield. He was born at Bury St Edmunds....
(5th ed., by J Kenrick, 1832) - an edition of EuripidesEuripidesEuripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him but according to the Suda it was ninety-two at most...
(9 vols., 1813–1829) - Grundriss der Geschichte der griechischen und römischen Litteratur (3rd ed., 1834, Eng. trans., Oxford, 1841)
- Lehrbuch fur den ersten Unterricht in der Philosophie (3rd ed., 1833)
- Encyklopädie und Methodologie der Philologie (1835)
Family
His brother, Friedrich Christian Matthiae (1763–1822), rector of the Frankfort gymnasium, published editions of SenecaSeneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
's Letters, Aratus
Aratus
Aratus was a Greek didactic poet. He is best known today for being quoted in the New Testament. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phaenomena , the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. It describes the constellations and other...
, and Dionysius Periegetes
Dionysius Periegetes
Dionysius Periegetes was the author of a description of the habitable world in Greek hexameter verse written in a terse and elegant style...
.