Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders Wide (17 October 186, – 13 February 1918) was a Swedish

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

Biography

Wide was born at Stora Tuna in

Kopparberg County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...

, Sweden. Wide became a student at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

in 1879. In 1888 he received his PhD in

Greek language Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Al ...

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literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

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. In 1895 he became a professor of classical languages at the

University of Lund , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

and Greece. In the summer of 1894, with Lennart Kjellberg (1857 –1936) he performed excavatory work of the Sanctuary of

Poseidon Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...

on the island of

Kalaureia Kalaureia ( grc, Καλαυρεία) or Calauria or Kalavria ( ell, Καλαυρία) is an island close to the coast of Troezen in the Peloponnesus of mainland Greece, part of the modern island-pair Poros. Strabo describes the coastwise journey ...

. This was considered to be the first Swedish archaeological excavation in Greece. Later the same year, he conducted an excavation at

Aphidna Aphidna ( grc, Ἄφιδνα) or Aphidnae or Aphidnai (Ἀφίδναι) was one of the twelve ancient towns of ancient Attica. It was celebrated in the mythical period as the place where Theseus deposited Helen of Troy, entrusting her to the care ...

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Berg, Ingrid (2016) ''Kalaureia 1894. A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece'', Diss. Stockholm: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis In 1889, Wide received the

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minor prize for a study of Euripides and was a member of the Humanities Science Society in Uppsala (1900) and the Swedish Academy of Sciences (1915). He died during 1918 at

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

Published works

* ''De sacris Troezeniorum, Hermionensium, Epidauriorum'', Uppsala 1888 (dissertation). * ''Lakonische Kulte'', Leipzig 1893 –

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n cult. * ''Altgriechische Vase im Nationalmuseum zu Stockholm'', in: ''Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts''. Band XII. 1897, Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1898; S. 195–199 – Ancient Greek vase in the National Museum of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. * ''Geometrische Vasen aus Griechenland'', in: ''Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts''. Band XIV. 1899. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1900; S. 26–43, 78–86 und 188–215 – Geometric vases of Greece. * ''Geometrische Vasen aus Griechenland (Schluß)'', in: ''Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts''. Band XV. 1900. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1901, S. 49–58. * ''Mykenische Götterbilder und Idole'', in: ''Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung''. Band XXVI. 1901 – Mycenaean god-images and idols. * ''Griechische und römische Religion'', Leipzig 1910, 1912, 1922, 1931 in Gercke-

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, ''Einleitung in die Altertumswissenschaft'' – Greek and

Roman religion Religion in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wide, Samuel 1861 births 1918 deaths Academic staff of Lund University Academic staff of Uppsala University Uppsala University alumni Swedish archaeologists 20th-century Swedish historians People from Borlänge Municipality Burials at Uppsala old cemetery 19th-century Swedish historians