Christian Falster (January 1, 1690 – October 24, 1752) was a Danish poet and

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, born at

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). He became

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of the school at

Ribe Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding Ribe Municipality, municipali ...

. He preferred to live there, refusing to accept better positions, and keeping his rectorship. He published translations of

Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

(1719) and the

Satires of Juvenal The ''Satires'' () are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of th ...

(1731); 11 original

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s on his times, often reprinted (1720–39); and in

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a number of works, such as ''Viglia Prima Noctium Ripensiun'' (1721); ''Memori Obscur (1722); Amnitates Philologic'' (three volumes, 1821–32). The editors of ''

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'' wrote that:

Falster thought that all learning should be brought to bear upon theology, and, like
Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...
, he that classical authors could contribute much toward sound religion. Falster's work covered a broad field from the history of Greek literature on the one hand, to Latin
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on the other, recognizing that philology, in the narrow sense, and literature are inextricably interwoven.

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