Project | Global Thucydides
Catalogue | Digital catalogue
Entry | Selecta principum historicorum: Herodoti, Thucydidis, Xenophontis, Polybii illu…
Selecta principum historicorum: Herodoti, Thucydidis, Xenophontis, Polybii illustres loci; Plutarchi Vitae Demosthenis et Ciceronis. Delectu, praefatione, annotatione discipulorum institutioni accommodavit Daniel Wyttenbachius
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Language: Latin |
Place of publication: Amsterdam |
Publisher: apud S. et J. Luchtmans, apud Petrum den Hengst et fil. |
Year: 1794
Greek Text: yes
Content: Anthologies | Athens’ Plague
Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (1746-1820), classical scholar and philologist. Wyttenbach studied classical languages and philosophy at Marburg, Göttingen (under Christian Gottlob Heyne), and Leiden (with David Ruhnken). He taught at the Remonstrant Seminary and the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam before succeeding Ruhnken as Professor of ancient languages and history and librarian at the University of Leiden (1799-1818). Wyttenbach edited several classical texts, most notably Plutarch's Moralia, and contributed to the development of modern Greek scholarship through his critical methods and extensive publications. He was a member of many learned societies, including the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. DHS
Selected passages from the History, along with selected passages from Herodotus, Xenophon, Polybius, Plutarch, Demosthenes, and Cicero, with commentary: Thuc. 1.1-23 (Proem, The Archeology, The Methodological Chapters), 89-99 (The Pentekontaetia), 128.3-134 (Pausania's Affaire), 134.2-138 (Themistocles' Affaire); 2.13-14, 17, 21-22 (Pericles' Strategy Against Sparta), 47.1-54 (Athens' Plague), 55-66 (Pericles' Third Speech and Eulogy); 6.15.2-4 (Alcibiades' Portrait).
