Thucydides de bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Recensuit et explicavit Fridericus Henricus Bothe

Heinrich Friedrich Bothe (1771-1855), poet, philologist, and translator. Bothe studied philology at the University of Halle and later worked as an indipendent scholar in various cities including Heidelberg, Mannheim, and Leipzig. He focused primarily on classical poets, producing editions of nearly all Greek and Roman dramatists, including multiple editions of Euripides. As a translator, Bothe showed notable versatility. He translated authors such as Pindar, Euripides, and Persius from Greek and Latin, as well as Pope and Percy's ballads from English. He also published a collection of poems in Greek and Latin along with various critical notes. Additionally, he authored historical and satirical works. DB