Ludwig Friedländer

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Ludwig Friedlaender (July 16, 1824 - December 16, 1909) was a German philologist.

He studied at the universities of his hometown Königsberg, Leipzig, and Berlin from 1841 to 1845. In 1847 he became privat-docent of classical philology at Königsberg, in 1856 assistant professor, and in 1858 professor.

He retired in 1892 to Strasbourg, where he was honorary professor at its university.

[edit] Literary works

His chief work is Darstellungen aus der Sittengesch. Rom's in der Zeit von August bis zum Ausgang der Antonine (3 vols., 1862-71; 6th ed., 1889-90). This work is considered one of the most noteworthy philological productions of the 19th century (translated into French, Italian and Hungarian).

Friedländer's other publications include:

• Nicanoris περὶ Ιλιακῆς Στιγμῆς Reliquiæ Emendatiores (1850);
• Ueber den Kunstsinn der Römer in der Kaiserzeit (1852);
• Aristonici Alexandrini περὶ Σημείων Ιλιάδος Reliquiæ Emendatiores (1853);
• Die Homerische Kritik von Wolf bis Grote (1853).
• He edited and annotated Martial (2 vols., 1886);
• Petronius' Cena Trimalchionis (with translation, 1891);
• Juvenal (1895)

Friedländer embraced Christianity.

[edit] External links

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Ludwig Friedländer" by Isidore Singer, a publication now in the public domain.