Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

by Oskar Seyffert

Dictionary Of Classical Antiquities Mythology, Religion, Literature, Art Oskar Seyffert Revised And Edited Henry Nettleship And J.E. Sandys 1978 Illustrated. Rare! ISBN 0-8446-2910-3 Library Of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-10154 Peter Smith, Publisher, Inc., Gloucester, Mass. Printed In The United States Of America Hardcover

Genres: Reference, Mythology, Religion, Nonfiction

716 pages, Textbook Binding

First published January 1, 1882

About the author

Oskar Seyffert was a German classical philologist. He specialized in studies of the Roman playwright Plautus.

He studied philology at the University of Berlin, where his instructors included August Boeckh, Moriz Haupt, Theodor Mommsen, Karl Müllenhoff and Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg. In 1864 he obtained his PhD, then briefly served as an apprentice at the gymnasium in Frankfurt an der Oder and at the Grauen Kloster in Berlin. In 1865 he began work as a schoolteacher at the Sophien-Gymnasium in Berlin, where he later attained the titles of senior instructor (1872) and professor (1885).