Thucydidis libri I et II ex recensione Bekkeri in usum scholarum, edidit A. Schone

Alfred Schöne (1836-1918), classical philologist and writer. Schöne studied Classical Philology at the University of Leipzig, where he was appointed Associate Professor in 1867. In 1870, he became Full Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Erlangen. After holding a temporary position in Ancient History, he conducted extended research in Paris, Gotha, and Italy (1874-1877) on behalf of the Prussian Ministry of Education. In 1884, he became librarian at the University of Göttingen and was appointed Professor in Königsberg in 1887. From 1892 to 1902, he taught at the University of Kiel. Schöne's scholarly output covered a wide range of classical subjects, including critical editions and studies on Thucydides, Sappho, and Eusebius. He also published a novella, Der blaue Schleier, under the pseudonym of A. Roland. DB