Otto Keller (philologist)
Otto Keller (28 May 1838 in
philologist who specialized in Horace. He also wrote a landmark two volume work on animals in antiquity. He was often called as "Horace Keller" to differentiate him from his father Adelbert von Keller
who was also a philologist.
Biography
Keller was the son of Swabian philologist Adelbert von Keller. He went to study at the universities of
Prague
where he worked for 28 years.
Keller was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1875.[2] He was awarded the Commanders Cross of the Order of the Württemberg crown in 1889. He also served as an Imperial council member in Austria.
Keller was a defender of the findings of Heinrich Schliemann.
Keller married Eugenie, daughter of Wilhelm Leube of Ulm, on 24 May 1869. They had two sons Sigmund Keller (1870-1943) and Wolfgang Keller (1873-1943) and a daughter Clothilde Schaar (1874-1958) who became a sculptor.
Works
Chief among his critical works on Horace are:
- Horatii Opera Rec. Holder et Keller, written with A. T. Holder (1864–70; Vol. I; 2d ed., 1899).
- Epilegomena zu Horaz (3 volumes, Leipzig 1879-80).
- Pseudoacrouis Scholia in Horatium Vetustiora (2 volumes, 1902–04).
Other works:
- Tiere des klassischen Altertums in kulturgeschichtlicher Beziehung (Animals of classical antiquity and cultural history; Innsbruck, 1887).
- Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen (Pictures of animals and plants on coins and gems; 1889).
- Lateinische Etymologien (Latin etymology; 1893).
- Grammatische Aufsätze (Grammatical papers, 1895).
- Xenophontis Historia graeca (1898); part of series:
- Kulturgeschichtliches aus der Tierwelt (Animals and cultural history; 1904).
- Die antike Tierwelt (The ancient animal world; Vol. I, 1909; Vol. II, 1914).[4]
References
- ^ Keller, Otto von (1838-1927), Altphilologe Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ Xenophontis Historia graeca OCLC World Cat
- S2CID 246879260.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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