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Ernst Robert Curtius

Ernst Robert Curtius was a German literary scholar, a philologist and Romance language literary critic....

 (1886–1956).
Ernst Curtius (September 2, 1814 – July 11, 1896) was a German

Germany

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 archaeologist and historian

Historian

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He was born in Lübeck

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

. On completing his university studies he was chosen by C. A. Brandis

Christian August Brandis

Christian August Brandis , German philologist and historian of philosophy, was born at Hildesheim and educated at Kiel University....

 to accompany him on a journey to Greece

Greece

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 for the prosecution of archaeological researches. Curtius then became Otfried Müller's companion in his exploration of the Peloponnese, and on Müller's death in 1840 he returned to Germany.