Franz Ritter (15 February 1803,

Medebach Medebach () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Medebach is situated approximately east of Winterberg, south-west of Korbach and north of Marburg. Neighbouring municipalities * Korbach * L ...

– 22 October 1875, Bonn) was a German classical philologist. He studied classical philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1828 with a dissertation on Aristophanes' '' Plutus''. In 1829 he obtained his

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at the University of Bonn, where in 1833 he was named an associate professor of classical philology. He published the entire edition of works by

Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

(1856–57) as well as three complete editions of Tacitus (1834–36, 1848 and 1856–57). He also edited works by Tertullian, Terence, Aristotle and Sophocles.

Selected works

* ''Elementorum grammaticae latinae libri duo'', (1831). * ''Poetica'', (1839); edition of Aristotle's ''

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''. * ''Didymus Chalcenteri opuscula'' (1845), edition of Didymus Chalcenterus. * ''Cornelii Taciti Opera'', (1848); edition of Tacitus. * ''Q. Horativs Flaccvs Ad codices saecvli noni decimique exactvm commentario critico et exegetico'', (two volumes, 1856–57); edition of Horace. * ''Sophokles' König Oidipus'', (1870); Sophocles' ''

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''.Most widely held works by Franz Ritter
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritter, Franz 1803 births 1875 deaths People from Medebach University of Bonn alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Bonn German classical philologists