Gustav Adolf Queck (18 March 1822,
Zadelsdorf – 1897,
Treptow an der Rega) was a German educator and
classical philologist.
From 1841 to 1845 he studied philology at the
University of Jena. Following graduation he worked as a schoolteacher in
Sondershausen
Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, central Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen.
Until 1918 it ...
, where in 1853 he received the title of professor. In 1866 he became a school
prorector in
Pyritz, and during the following year was named director of the newly founded gymnasium in
Dramburg
Drawsko Pomorskie (until 1948 pl, Drawsko; formerly german: Dramburg) is a town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Drawsko County and the urban-rural commune of Gmina Drawsko Po ...
.
Published works
* ''De Euripidis Electra'', 1844 –
Euripides' ''
Electra
Electra (; grc, Ήλέκτρα) is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies.Evans (1970), p. 79 She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, '' Electra'' by Sophocles and '' Electra'' by Euripides. She is also the centra ...
''.
* ''Beiträge zur Charakteristik des Livius'', 1847 – Contribution to the characteristics of
Livy.
* ''Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand nach seinem Leben und Wirken'', 1852 – Biography of
Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand
Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand (15 February 1786 – 14 March 1851), German classical scholar, was born at Plauen in Saxony.
He studied at Leipzig. In 1810 he became professor at the Weimar gymnasium, and in 1817 professor of philosophy and Greek litera ...
.
* ''C. Julii Caesaris Commentariorum de bello civili libri tres'', 1853 – edition of
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
's "''
Commentarii de Bello Civili''", book III.
* ''Zweiter Beitrag zur Charakteristik des Livius'', 1853 – Second contribution to the characteristics of Livy.
* ''Publius Papinius Statius'' (two volumes), 1854 – edition of
Statius (''Silvae'', ''Achilleis'', ''Thebais'').
* ''De Madvigii emendationibus Livianis disp. Lib. I-III.'', 1861.
''Publius Papinius Statius''
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References
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1822 births
1897 deaths
University of Jena alumni
People from Zeulenroda-Triebes
German classical philologists
People from Trzebiatów