Friedrich Wieseler (19 October 1811, in Altencelle – 3 December 1892, in

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) was a German

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

and

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 ...

. He studied

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at the

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, where he was a disciple of Karl Otfried Müller (1797-1840). Afterwards, he lived as a private scholar in Berlin, where he attended lectures by August Boeckh (1785-1867). In 1837 he received his doctorate from the

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, later becoming an associate professor at Göttingen (1842). Here, he also served as a supervisor of the archaeological and numismatic collections. In 1854 he became a full professor, and from 1869, he was a member of the

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Writings

Wieseler was the author of well-regarded works on

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and Roman theatre, as well as papers involving figures from

classical mythology Classical mythology, Greco-Roman mythology, or Greek and Roman mythology is both the body of and the study of myths from the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans as they are used or transformed by cultural reception. Along with philosophy and poli ...

. In the field of archaeology, he continued Muller's ''Denkmäler der alten Kunst'' ("Monuments of ancient art"). * ''Ueber die Thymele des Griechischen theaters : eine archäologische Abhandlung'', 1847 – On the tholos of Greek theatre: an archaeological treatise. * ''Theatergebäude und Denkmäler des Bühnenwesens bei den Griechen und Römern'', 1851 – Theatre buildings and monuments of stage characters involving the Greeks and Romans. * ''Narkissos; eine kunstmythologische abhandlung nebst einem anhang über die narcissen und ihre beziehung im leben, mythos und cultus der Griechen'', 1856 – Narcissus, a treatise on mythological art, etc. * ''Phaethon. Eine archäologische Abhandlung'', 1857 –

Phaethon Phaethon (; grc, Φαέθων, Phaéthōn, ), also spelled Phaëthon, was the son of the Oceanid Clymene and the sun-god Helios in Greek mythology. According to most authors, Phaethon is the son of Helios, and out of desire to have his par ...

, An archaeological treatise. * ''Observationes in Theogoniam Hesiodeam'', 1863. * ''Ueber den delphischen Dreifuss'', 1871 – About the Delphic tripod. * ''Scenische und kritische bemerkungen zu Euripides' Kyklops'', 1881 – Critical remarks on

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...

' '' Cyclops''. * ''Novae schedae criticae in Aristophanis Aves'', 1882.WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

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@ Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie {{DEFAULTSORT:Wieseler, Freidrich 1811 births 1892 deaths German classical philologists Archaeologists from Lower Saxony University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Göttingen People from Celle (district)