Johann Georg Graevius

Johann Georg Graevius ( Latinized from Grava or Greffe ) ( born January 29, 1632 Naumburg ( Saale), † January 11, 1703 ) was a German classical scholar and critic.

Life

Originally intended as a lawyer, he made during a visit to Deventer the acquaintance of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, under whose influence he abandoned the law and moved to philology. He finished his studies in Daniel Heinsius at Leiden University and at the Protestant theologians A. More and David Blondel in Amsterdam.

During his stay in Amsterdam, he converted - now under Blondel's influence - from Lutheranism to the Reformed Church; 1656 he was appointed by the Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to the chair of rhetoric at the University of Duisburg. Two years later he was - appointed to the Chair of Gronovius at the University of Deventer - on the recommendation of Gronovius; 1662 he was transferred to the University of Utrecht, where he first obtained the chair of rhetoric, then in 1667 for the history and politics, a position he held until his death.

Graevius enjoyed a very good reputation as a teacher, his lecture room was crowded with students, many of them of noble family and from all parts of the world. He was honored by King Louis XIV of France and enjoyed the special favor of King William III. of England, who made ​​him the royal historian. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the Utrecht University and was in the years 1667/68 1680 /81 1690/91 and 1700/ 01 Rector of the Alma Mater

His two most important works are the thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum (1694-1699, in 12 volumes ), and the Thesaurus Antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae, which was published after his death and continued by Pieter Burmann the Elder ( 1704-1725 ). His editions of the classics, even though they mark a significant advance in the research, are now largely obsolete. These include: Hesiod ( 1667), Lucian, Pseudosophisla (1668) Junianus Justinus, Historiae Philippicae ( 1669), Suetonius ( 1672), Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius (1680 ) and various works of Cicero - his best work.

Works (selection)

  • Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant. Amsterdam 1667
  • Justinus. Ultrecht 1668
  • Suetonius. Ultrecht 1672
  • Catullus, Tibullus et Propertius. Ultrecht 1680
  • Florus. Utrecht 1680
  • Ciceronis epistolarum libri XIV ad Atticum. Amsterdam 1684
  • Ciceronis De Officiis Libri III, Cato Maior, Laelius, paradoxes, Somnium Scipionis. Amsterdam 1688
  • Ciceronis Orationes. Amsterdam 1699
  • Thesaurus Antiquitatum Romanarum XII dln. f; Ultraj. Utrecht 1694-1699 (index)
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