Edmund Hauler (17 November 1859, in Buda – 1 April 1941, in Vienna) was an Austrian classical philologist born in
Ofen
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to a
Danube Swabian
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family. His father, Johann Hauler (1829–1888) was also a classical philologist.
Life and works
In 1882 he earned his doctorate from the
University of Vienna
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, and was awarded the ''sub auspiciis Imperatoris'' (under the auspices of the Emperor). In 1885 he continued his education at the
University of Bonn
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with
Hermann Usener
Hermann Karl Usener (23 October 1834 – 21 October 1905) was a German scholar in the fields of philology and comparative religion.
Life
Hermann Usener was born at Weilburg and educated at its Gymnasium. From 1853 he studied at Heidelberg, ...
(1834–1905) and
Franz Bücheler
Franz Bücheler (3 June 18373 May 1908) was a German classical scholar, was born in Rheinberg, and educated at Bonn, where he was a student of Friedrich Ritschl (1806–1876).
Biography
In 1856 Bücheler graduated from the University of Bonn wit ...
(1837–1908), and from 1885 to 1887 undertook study trips to France, England, Switzerland and Italy. From 1890 to 1893 he was a high school teacher in Vienna, and afterwards lectured at the University of Vienna, where in 1899 he became a full professor.
In his studies, Hauler discovered a number of valuable literary fragments by classical authors. In 1886, he published ''Neue Bruchstücke zu Sallusts Historien'' as a result of his discovery of fragments containing the histories of
Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (; 86 – ), was a Roman historian and politician from an Italian plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became during the 50s BC a partisan o ...
. He also uncovered new fragments by the dramatist
Menander
Menander (; grc-gre, Μένανδρος ''Menandros''; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His rec ...
and the poet
Sotades
Sotades ( el, Σωτάδης; 3rd century BC) was an Ancient Greek literature#Hellenistic poetry, Ancient Greek poet.
Biography
Sotades was born in Maroneia, either the one in Thrace, or in Crete. He lived in History of Alexandria#Ptolemaic era, ...
.
In 1900 he deciphered and published the
Verona Palimpsest
The Verona Palimpsest (or ''Fragmentum Veronese'') is a manuscript, dated about the 494 AD, which contains a Christian collection of Church Orders in Latin. The manuscript, which contains many lacunae, is the only source of the Latin version of th ...
, which includes fragmentary
Latin
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Apostolic Church-Ordinance
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and
Apostolic Tradition
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.
Beginning in 1897, he spent many years studying the
Marcus Cornelius Fronto
Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate. Of Berber origin, he was born at Cirta (modern-day Constantine, Algeria) in Numidia. He was suffect consul for the ''nundinium' ...
palimpsest, on which he authored over fifty articles. In 1899 he became editor of the magazines "''Wiener Studien''" and "''Zeitschrift für die österreichischen Gymnasien''". From 1925 until his death in 1941, Hauler was chairman of the Vienna "
Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
The ''Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum'' (CSEL) is an academic series that publishes critical editions of Latin works by late-antique Christian authors.
Description
The CSEL publishes Latin writings of Christian authors from the tim ...
" (CSEL).
Selected works
* Terentiana, quaestiones cum specimine lexici, 1882.
* ''Neue bruchstücke zu Sallusts historien'', 1886 - New fragments by the historian Sallust.
* ''Die Orléaner palimpsestfragmente zu Sallusts historien'' - The
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and palimpsest fragments of Sallust.
* ''Zur Geschichte des griechischen Mimus'', 1893 - The history of Greek mimes.
* ''Eine lateinische Palimpsestübersetzung der Didascalia apostolorum'', 1896 - Latin palimpsest translation of Didascalia Apostolorum.
*
Terence
Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought ...
's "
Phormio
Phormio ( el, Φορμίων ''Phormion'', ''gen''.: Φορμίωνος), the son of Asopius, was an Athenian general and admiral before and during the Peloponnesian War. A talented naval commander, Phormio commanded at several famous Athenian v ...
" (edition by Edmund Hauler), 1898.
* Didascaliae apostolorum fragmenta ueronensia Latina : accedunt canonum qui dicuntur apostolorum et Aegyptiorum reliquies, 1900.
* M. Cornelii Frontonis Epistulae : schedis tam editis quam ineditis Edmundi Hauleri (part of the series Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana).WorldCat Identities (publications)
Notes and references
* ''This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the
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