Eugen Petersen
Eugen Adolf Hermann Petersen (16 August 1836 in
philologist
.
He studied classical philology at the universities of
Friedrich Ritschl and Otto Jahn. In 1859 he received his doctorate at Kiel with a thesis on Theophrastus. Following graduation he worked at the Istituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica in Rome, during which time, he investigated the recently discovered tombs of Via Latina.[1]
In 1862, he obtained his
University of Prague.[1]
From 1882 to 1885, with Benndorf,
Asia Minor, about which, the treatises "Reisen in Lykien, Milyas und Kibyratis" (1889) and "Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens" (1890-92) were published. In 1886, he was chosen first secretary of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Athens, and during the following year, succeeded Wilhelm Henzen as manager of the DAI in Rome.[1]
Selected works
- Die Kunst des Pheidias am Parthenon und zu Olympia, 1873 – The art of Phidias at the Parthenon and at Olympia.
- Reisen in Lykien, Milyas und Kibyratis (with Felix von Luschan), 1889 – Journey to Kibyra.
- Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens (with George Niemann and Karol Lanckoroński), 2 volumes, 1890–92 – Cities of Pamphylia and Pisidia.
- Die Marcus-Säule auf Piazza Colonna in Rom (with Alfred von Domaszewski and Guglielmo Calderini), 1896 – The Column of Marcus Aurelius at the Piazza Colonna in Rome.
- Trajans Dakische Kriege (2 volumes, 1899–1903) – Trajan's Dacian Wars.
- Vom alten Rom (second edition, 1900) – On ancient Rome.
- Die Burgtempel der Athenaia, 1907 – The castle temple of Athena.
- Die attische Tragödie als Bild- und Bühnenkunst, 1915 – The Attican tragedy as image and stage art.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Petersen, Adolf Hermann Eugen at Neue Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Eugen Petersen de.Wikisource
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