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After studying at Göttingen and Bonn from 1860 to 1863, he lectured at several gymnasia and at the university of Königsberg . In 1876 he was appointed extraordinary professor of classical philology at Kiel, and ordinary professor in 1881. In 1892 he accepted a professorship at Halle, where he died on March 5 1907.
He frequently visited England, and was intimately acquainted with leading British scholars. He received an honorary degree from Dublin University in 1892, and his readiness to place the results of his labours at the disposal of others, together with the courtesy and kindliness of his disposition, won the respect of all who knew him.
Blass is chiefly known for his works in connection with the study of Greek oratory: Die griechische Beredsamkeit von Alexander bis auf Augustus (1865); Die attische Beredsamkeit (1868-1880; 2nd ed., 1887-1898), his greatest work; editions for the Teubner series of Andocides (1880), AntiphonAntiphon of Rhamnus in Attica, the earliest of the "ten" Attic orators, was born in 480 BC. Antiphon was an orator and statesman who took up rhetoric as a profession. He was a Sophist and a contemporary of Socrates. These definite assertions are, however, (1881), HypereidesHypereides (c. 390- 322 BC), one of the ten Attic orators, was the son of Glaucippus, of the deme of Collytus. Having studied under Isocrates, he began life as a writer of speeches for the courts, and in 360 he prosecuted Autocles, a general charged with (1881, 1894), DemosthenesDemosthenes ( 384 BC 322 BC) is generally considered the greatest of the Ancient Greek orators. His writings provide an insight into the life and culture of Athens at this period of time. Born the son of a wealthy sword-maker, Demosthenes was orphaned at ( DindorfKarl Wilhelm Dindorf ( January 2, 1802 August 1, 1883), German classical scholar, was born at Leipzig. From his earliest years he showed a strong taste for classical studies, and after completing F Invernizi's edition of Aristophanes at an early age, and's ed., 1885), IsocratesIsocrates ( 436 338 BC), Greek rhetorician. Though he didn't speak himself, due to his weak voice and stage fright, he made many contributions to rhetoric and education in ancient Greece through his teaching and written works. Of the 60 orations in his na (1886), Dinarchus (1888), Demosthenes (Rehdantz ed., 1893), AeschinesAeschines ( 389 314 BC), Greek statesman and orator, was born at Athens. The statements as to his parentage and early life are conflicting; but it seems probable that his parents, though poor, were respectable. After assisting his father in his school, he (1896), LycurgusIn Greek mythology, the name Lycurgus could refer to three people: #An alternate name for Lycomedes. Lycurgus (Thrace): a King of who banned the cult of Dionysus, and paid dearly. Lycurgus (Sparta): the legendary lawgiver. Lycurgus is also the name of an, Leocrates (1902); Die Rhythmen der attischen Kunstprosa (1901); Die Rhythmen der asianischen und römischen Kunstprosa (1905).
Among his other works are editions of Eudoxus of Cnidus (1887), a work of great importance, and Bacchylides (3rd. ed., 1904); Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch (1902; Eng. trans. by H St John Thackeray, 1905); Hermeneuisik und Kritik and Paläographie, Buchwesen, und Handschriftenkunde (vol. i. of Müller's Handbuch der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, 1891); Uber die Aussprache des Griechischen (1888; Eng. trans. by W. J. Purton, 1890); Die Interpolationen in der Odyssee (1904); contributions to Collitz's Sammlung der griechischen Dialektinschriften; editions of the texts of certain portions of the New Testament ( Gospels and Acts). His last work was an edition of the Choephori (1906).
See notices in the Academy, March 16, 1907 ( JP Mahaffy); Classical Review, May 1907 (JE Sandys), which contains also a review of Die Rhythmen der asianischen und römischen Kunstprosa.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
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