Thomas Stangl (21 December 1854 in
Aufhausen
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Aufhausen Priory
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– 4 August 1921 in
Würzburg
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) was a German
classical scholar
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and
text critic. He is found referenced most often for his edition of
scholia
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to
Cicero
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's speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae''), especially for his work on
Asconius and the
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.
In 1883 he obtained his
habilitation
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for
classical philology
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, and served as an associate professor (from 1900) and full professor (from 1919) at the
University of Würzburg
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.
Schmidt - Theyer
edited by Walther Killy
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Dictionary of German Biography
Works
* ''Boethiana: vel Boethii commentariorum in Ciceronis topica emendationes ex octo codicibus haustas et auctas observationibus grammaticis'' (1882), on the commentaries by Boethius
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on Cicero's ''Topica''; Stangl's dissertation at the University of Munich
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.
* ''Der sogenannte Gronovscholiast zu elf ciceronischen Reden'' (1884), the Scholia Gronoviana on Cicero's speeches.
* ''Orator ad Brutum'' (1885) and ''Brutus de claris oratoribus'' (1886), text with notes in Latin on the works by Cicero.
* ''Cassiodorus
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Senator'' (1887).
* ''Tulliana et Mario-Victoriniana'' (1887/88), notes (in German) on Cicero's speeches and the commentaries of Gaius Marius Victorinus Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer; fl. 4th century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher. Victorinus was African by birth and experienced the height of his career during the reign of Constantius II. H ...
, full tex
downloadable
* ''Virgiliana: Die grammatischen Schriften des Galliers Virgilius Maro, auf Grund einer erstmaligen Vergleichung der Handschrift von Amiens und einer erneuten der Handschriften von Paris und Neapel'' (1891), on Virgilius Maro Grammaticus
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, full text a
Internet Archive
* ''M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore'' (1893), an edition of Cicero's ''De oratore
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'', full tex
downloadable
* ''Bobiensia: neue Beiträge zur Textkritik und Sprache der Bobienser Ciceroscholien'' (1894), on the Bobbio Scholiast The Bobbio Scholiast (commonly abbreviated ''schol. Bob.'') was an anonymous scholiast working in the 7th century at the monastery of Bobbio and known for his annotations of texts from classical antiquity. He is a unique source for some information ...
, full tex
downloadable.
* ''Tulliana: Der Text des Thesaurus Linguae Latinae
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zu Cicero de oratore in ausgewählten Stellen besprochen'' (1898).
* ''Q. Curti Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni'' (1902), an edition of the extant portions of Curtius Rufus
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's biography of Alexander the Great, full tex
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from Google Books, also available through th
Internet Archive
* ''Pseudoasconiana. Textgestaltung und Sprache der anonymen Scholien zu Ciceros vier ersten Verrinen'' (1909), anonymous scholia on Cicero's first speech against Verres, formerly attributed to Asconius.
* ''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae Asconius, scholia bobiensia, scholia pseudasconii sangallensia, scholia cluniacensia et recentiora ambrosiana ac vaticana, scholia lugdunensia sive gronoviana et eorum excerpta lugdunensia'' (1912, reprinted 1964), edition of Asconius, the Bobbio Scholiast, and other scholia on Cicero's speeches; the value of this edition, which draws on Stangl's earlier work, is indicated by its reprinting 50 years after its initial publication.
* ''Lactantiana'' (1915), notes on Lactantius
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References
Further reading
* Extensive if scattered information about Stangl's work is available (in German) in ''Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft'' (1919), vols. 178–18
Internet Archive.
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German classical scholars
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People from Regensburg (district)
1854 births
1921 deaths