Heinrich Gelzer
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Not to be confused with the German classical scholar Matthias Gelzer, who wrote on Julius Caesar and the Late Roman Republic.
Heinrich Gelzer (1847–1906) was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology
. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer
(1813–1889). He became Professor of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Jena, in 1878. He wrote a still-standard work on Julius Africanus
. He worked out the chronology of Gyges of Lydia
, from cuneiform evidence, in an 1875 article.
Heinrich Gelzer (1847–1906) was a German classical scholar. He wrote also on Armenian mythology
Armenian mythology
Very little is known about pre-Christian Armenian mythology, the oldest source being the legends of Xorenatsi's History of Armenia.Armenian mythology was strongly influenced by Zoroastrianism, with deities such as Aramazd, Mihr or Anahit, as well as Assyrian traditions, such as Barsamin, but there...
. He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer
Johann Heinrich Gelzer
Johann Heinrich Gelzer was a Swiss historian and diplomat who was a native of Schaffhausen. He was the father of philologist Heinrich Gelzer ....
(1813–1889). He became Professor of Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Jena, in 1878. He wrote a still-standard work on Julius Africanus
Julius Africanus
Julius Africanus was a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero, and seems to have been the son of the Julius Africanus, of the Gallic state of the Santoni, who was condemned by Tiberius in 32 AD. Quintilian, who had heard Julius Africanus, spoke of him and Domitius Afer as the best orators of their...
. He worked out the chronology of Gyges of Lydia
Gyges of Lydia
Gyges was the founder of the third or Mermnad dynasty of Lydian kings and reigned from 716 BC to 678 BC . He was succeeded by his son Ardys II.-Allegorical accounts of Gyges' rise to power:...
, from cuneiform evidence, in an 1875 article.
Works
- Sextus Julius Africanus und die byzantinische Chronographie (three volumes)
- Georgii Cyprii Descriptio orbis romani (1890)
- Index lectionum Ienae (1892)
- Leontios' von Neapolis Leben des heiligen Johannes des Barmherzigen, Erzbischofs von Alexandrien (1893)
- Geistliches und Weltliches aus dem türkisch-griechischen Orient (1900)
- Ungedruckte und ungenügend veröffentlichte Texte der Nottiae episcopatuum. Ein Beitrag zur byzantinischen Kirchen- und Verwaltungsgeschichte (1901)
- Vom heiligen Berge und aus Makedonien. Reisebilder aus den Athosklöstern und dem Insurrektionsgebiet (1904}
- Scriptores sacri et profani ... Bd. 4. Des Stephanos von Taron armenische Geschichte (1907) translation with Aug. Burckhardt
- Byzantinische Kulturgeschichte (1909)
- Patrum nicaenorum nomina, with Heinrich Hilgenfeld and Otto Cuntz
- Ausgewahlte kleine Schriften
- Der altfranzösische Yderroman (1913) editor