Thucydidis, Olori fil. de bello Peloponnesiaco libri VIII ad editionem Car. Andr. Dukeri cum omnibus auctariis recusi. Accesserunt variae lectiones duorum codicum, animadversiones Ioannis Christophori Gottleberi. Coeptum opus perfecit, suas notas adiecit, indicem Dukeri et glossarium Gottleberi auxit Carolus Ludovicus Bauerus

Karl Andreas Duker (1670-1752), classical philologist and jurist. Duker studied law and classical philology in Harderwijk and Franeker, earning a doctorate in law. He taught History and Rhetoric in Herborn, The Hague, and later became Professor in Utrecht. His legal scholarship includes studies on Roman legal Latin and an edition of Justinian's Institutiones. As a philologist, he published critical editions and commentaries on authors such as Thucydides, Livy, Florus, and Aristophanes. DB

Joseph Wasse (1672-1738), classical philologist and clergyman. Educated at Cambridge, Wasse assisted Ludolph Küster in his edition of Suidas (1705), and in 1710 published a critical edition of Sallust. ODNB

Karl Ludwig Bauer (1739-1785), classical philologist. Bauer studied at the Thomasschule and later at the University of Leipzig under Johann August Ernesti. In 1753, he qualified as a lecturer and taught Latin and Greek authors. In 1756, he became rector of the school in Lauban, and in 1766 he assumed the rectorship of the Lyceum in Hirschberg. He wrote on biblical exegesis and patristics, and lauthored a German-Latin lexicon. DB

Christian Daniel Beck (1757-1832), classical philologist, historian, theologian. Beck became professor of Greek and Latin literature at the University of Leipzig in 1785 and held numerous academic and administrative roles, including twelve terms as rector of the university. He embraced a traditional, wide-ranging approach to philology that integrated historical, theological, and literary studies – a method aligned with the legacy of Ernesti and in contrast with the emerging critical philology of Gottfried Hermann. Beck produced editions and translations of authors such as Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Cicero, and Pindar. He also translated historical and religious works from French and English, and founded or edited several scholarly journals. DB

Johann Christoph Gottleber (1733-1785), classical philologist and educator. Gottleber studied at the University of Leipzig under Johann August Ernesti. During the Seven Years' War, he worked as a private tutor and continued his studies in Altdorf, earning a Magister degree in 1761. He later became rector of the Lyceum in Annaberg, where he founded student societies for German and Latin literature. In 1771, he was appointed director of the Fürstenschule in Meißen. His scholarly work focused on Plato, Philo, and Cicero. DB