Ernst Maass (12 April 1856, in Kolberg – 11 November 1929, in

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) 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 ...

Maass, Ernst – Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem Townleyana, 1887 – BEIC 3064427

From 1875 he studied at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1879 as a student of

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (22 December 1848 – 25 September 1931) was a German classical philologist. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a renowned authority on Ancient Greece and its literature ...

. After graduation, he took an extended study trip to Italy, Paris and London (1880–82), and afterwards qualified as a lecturer in

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with the habilitation-thesis ''Analecta Eratosthenica''. In 1886, he was named a professor at the University of Greifswald, and from 1895 to 1924, served as a professor and director of the philological seminary at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

. In 1910/11 he was

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at the university.

Selected works

* ''Arati Phaenomena'' (edition of

Aratus Aratus (; grc-gre, Ἄρατος ὁ Σολεύς; c. 315 BC/310 BC240) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem ''Phenomena'' ( grc-gre, Φαινόμενα, ''Phainómena'', "Appearances"; la, Phaenomena), the ...

' ''Phaenomena''). * ''Commentatio mythographica'', 1886. * ''De Attali Rhodii fragmentis Arateis commentatio'', 1888. * ''Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem Townleyana'' (with Wilhelm Dindorf, 1888). * ''Parerga Attica'', 1889. * ''De Aeschyli Supplicibus commentatio'', 1890. * ''De tribus Philetae carminibus'', 1895. * ''Orpheus; Untersuchungen zur griechischen, römischen, altchristlichen Jenseitsdichtung und Religion'', 1895 –

Orpheus Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...

: Investigations of Greek, Roman and early Christian afterlife literature and religion. * ''De Lenaeo et Delphinio commentatio'', 1896. * ''Commentariorum in Aratum reliquiae'', 1898. * ''Analecta sacra et profana'', 1901. * ''Die Tagesgötter in Rom und den Provinzen, aus der Kultur des Niederganges der antiken Welt'', 1902 – The Tagesgötter in Rome and the provinces. * ''Griechen und Semiten auf dem Isthmus von Korinth'', 1903 – Greeks and Semites on the Isthmus of Corinth. * ''Goethe und die antike'', 1912 –

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...

and antiquity.Ernst Maass
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maass, Ernst 1856 births 1929 deaths People from Kołobrzeg University of Tübingen alumni University of Greifswald alumni University of Greifswald faculty University of Marburg faculty German classical philologists