Martin Julius Hertz (7 April 1818, in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

– 22 September 1895) was a German

classical philologist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and ot ...

, a student and biographer of

Karl Lachmann Karl Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Lachmann (; 4 March 1793 – 13 March 1851) was a German philologist and critic. He is particularly noted for his foundational contributions to the field of textual criticism. Biography Lachmann was born in Bruns ...

. He studied

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...

at the Universities of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, where his instructors included August Boeckh (1785–1867) and

(1793–1851), the latter being an important influence to Hertz' career. He earned his doctorate in 1842, followed by his

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a few years later (1845). Afterwards, he embarked on an educational journey throughout Europe (southern Germany,

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and

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). In 1855 he became a professor of classical philology at the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...

, followed by a professorship at the

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several years later (1862). He is especially known for his critical editions of

Priscian Priscianus Caesariensis (), commonly known as Priscian ( or ), was a Latin grammarian and the author of the ''Institutes of Grammar'', which was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. It also provided the raw materia ...

and

Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his ''Attic Nights'', a commonplace book, or ...

Works

*''De L. Cinciis commentationis particula: dissertatio philologica'', Berolini, Typis Academiciis, 1842. *''Sinnius Capito: eine Abhandlung zur Geschichte der römischen Grammatik'', Berlin, Oehmickes Buchhandlung, 1844. *''De P. Nigidii Figuli studiis atque operibus'', Berolini, Imprensis Librariae Oehmigkianae typis academicis, 1845. *''

: eine Biographie'', Berlin, W. Hertz, 1851. *

, ''Noctium Atticarum libri XX'', ex recensione Martini Hertz, 2 volumes, Lipsiae, sumptibus et typis B. G. Teubneri, 1853-61. *

Priscianus Caesariensis Priscianus Caesariensis (), commonly known as Priscian ( or ), was a Latin grammarian and the author of the ''Institutes of Grammar'', which was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages. It also provided the raw materia ...

, ''Institutionum grammaticarum libri XVIII'', ex recensione Martini Hertzii, 2 volumes, Lipsiae, in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1855-59. *

Titus Livius Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in ...

, ''

Ab Urbe condita libri The work called ( en, From the Founding of the City), sometimes referred to as (''Books from the Founding of the City''), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by Livy, a Roman historian. The work ...

'', edidit Martinus Hertz, 4 volumes, Lipsiae, ex officina Bernhardi Tauchnitz, 1857-64. *''Opuscula Gelliana lateinisch und deutsch'', Berlin, Verlag von W. Hertz, 1886. * Q. Horatius Flaccus, ''

Carmina The ''Odes'' ( la, Carmina) are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatian ode format and style has been emulated since by other poets. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. A fourth book, consisting of 15 poems, was ...

'', relegit et apparatu critico selecto instruxit Martinus Hertz, Berolini, Weidmannos, 1892.German Wikisource
(publications)

References

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