Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens (6 June 1809,

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– 25 September 1881, Hanover) was a German philologist. He was born in

. After studying at the University of Göttingen (1826-1829) under

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, he worked as schoolteacher at the Pädagogium in Ilfeld (from 1831). In 1845 he was appointed director of the gymnasium in Lingen, and in 1849 succeeded GF Grotefend as director of the Lyceum at Hanover, a post which he filled with great success for thirty years.ADB:Ahrens, Heinrich (Philologe)
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His most important work was "''De Graecae Linguae Dialectis''" (1839-1843), a study of Aeolic and

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dialects that became a standard treatise on the subject. He also published "''Bucolicorum Graecorum Reliquiae''" (1855-1859); studies on the dialects of Homer and the Greek lyrists; on Aeschylus ("''De causis quibusdam Aeschyli Nondum satis emendati''"); and some excellent school textbooks. A volume of his minor works (edited by Carl Ernst Christian Häberlin) was published in 1891, which also contains a complete list of his writings.

Selected works

* ''De Athenarum statu politico et literario inde ab Achaici foederis interitu usque ad Antoninorum tempora'', 1829. * ''De causis quibusdam Aeschyli nondum satis emendati commentatio'', 1832. * ''De Graecae Linguae Dialectis''. Lib. 1, 2, Gottingae, apud Vandenhoek et Ruprecht, 1839–43. ** "Lib. I. De dialectis aeolicis et pseudaeolicis", 1839. ** "Lib. II. De dialecto dorica", 1843. * ''Griechisches Elementarbuch aus Homer'', 1850 – Greek primer on Homer. * ''Griechische Formenlehre des Homerischen und Attischen Dialektes'', etc., 1852 – Greek morphology on Homeric and Attican dialects. * "An Elementary Greek Reader, from Homer" eing the Odyssey, Book IX. 39 to End with Grammatical Introduction, Notes, and Glossary. By Dr. H.L. Ahrens. ... First Course. edited by T.K. Arnold; London, 1852 - 101 pages. * ''Epitaphius Adonidis'', 1854. * ''Bucolicorum Græcorum Theocriti, Bionis, Moschi Reliquiæ'', 1855. * ''Studien zum Agamemnon des Aeschylus'', 1860 – Studies of '' Agamemnon'' and Aeschylus. * ''Beiträge zur griechischen und lateinischen Etymologie'', 1879 – On Greek and Latin etymology. * ''Kleine Schriften'' (edited by Carl Haeberlin), 1891 – Smaller works.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

1809 births 1881 deaths People from Helmstedt German philologists People from the Duchy of Brunswick University of Göttingen alumni Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the First Chamber of the Diet of the Kingdom of Hanover Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities {{germany-academic-bio-stub