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Hermann Usener

[Deutsch] Hermann Carl (Karl) Usener (geb. 1834 in Weilburg (Lahn); gest. 1905 in Bonn) war ein deutscher klassischer Philologe und Religionswissenschaftler, spezialisiert auf die griechische Religion.

[Français] Hermann Carl (Karl) Usener (né en 1834 à Weilburg (Lahn), décédé en 1905 à Bonn) était un philologue classique et théologien allemand, spécialiste de la religion grecque antique.

[English] Hermann Carl (Karl) Usener (born 1834 in Weilburg (Lahn), died in 1905 in Bonn) was a German classical scholar and theologian, specialized in the Greek religion.

References

  • N.N.: ➚„Usener, Hermann“, in: Hessische Biografie, Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde (HLGL), Datensatz Nr. 2869, PND 118763946 (Date: 25.3.2010).
  • Josef Niesen: „Hermann Usener“, in: Bonner Personenlexikon, 2. Aufl., Bonn 2008, ISBN 3-416-03159-8.
  • Klaus-Gunther Wesseling: ➚„Usener, Hermann Carl“, in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), Bd. 12, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9, col. 965–979.
  • Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie : Kurzbiographien aus 13 Jahrhunderten, 2. Aufl., Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4, Nr. 4499.
  • Eduard Schwartz: Rede auf Hermann Usener; Gehalten in der öffentlichen Sitzung der Kgl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen am 5 Mai, 1906, Sonderabdruck Berlin 1906.
  • N.N.: ➚„Usener, Hermann“, in: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 19. Leipzig 1909, p. 976-977.
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German classical philologist (1834–1905)

Born 23 October 1834
Died 21 October 1905

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German classical philologist (1834–1905)

Born 23 October 1834
Died 21 October 1905

Subjects

Classical philology, History, Christmas, Mythology, Deluge, Gods, History and criticism, Onomastics, Aryan Mythology, Fasts and feasts, Mythology, Indo-European, Philology, Scholia, Sun worship, Trinities, Ancient Astronomy, Astronomy, Biography, Briefsammlung, Christian women saints, Church history, Classicists, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation, Dictionaries

Places

Rome, Antioch, Germany, Turkey

People

Titus Maccius Plautus, Hermann Usener (1834-1905), Lucan (39-65), Stephanus of Alexandria, Theophrastus, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848-1931), Boethius (-524), Boethius (d. 524), Cassiodorus Senator (approximately 487-approximately 580), Cassiodorus Senator (ca. 487-ca. 580), Epicurus, Euanthius (d. 358), Flavius Sosipater Charisius, Helenius Acron, Hermann Usener Philologe, Homer, Horace, Jesus Christ, Margaret of Antioch, Saint, Paulus of Constantinople, Pelagia of Antioch, Saint (-311?), Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (approximately 340-402), Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (d. 405), Stephen Alexander (1806-1883), Ticonius (4th cent)

Time

Civil War, 49-45 B.C., Empire, 284-476

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Alternative names

  • Hermann Karl Usener
  • H. Usener

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