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Rudolf Pfeiffer

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German classical philologist (1889-1979)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1889 to 1979 · aged 89
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Rudolf Carl Franz Otto Pfeiffer was a German classical philologist. He is known today primarily for his landmark, two-volume edition of Callimachus and the two volumes of his History of Classical Scholarship, in addition to numerous articles and lectures related to these projects and to the fragmentary satyr plays of...

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A papyrus that was included in Pfeiffer's early work on Callimachus which would later become Aetia fr. 26 in his 1949 edition of the poet's fragmentary works (P.Ryl. I 13, 2nd century CE, Oxyrhynchus)A papyrus that was included in Pfeiffer's early work on Callimachus which would later become Aetia fr. 26 in his 1949 edition of the poet's fragmentary works (P.Ryl. I 13, 2nd century CE, Oxyrhynchus)

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1977Kenyon Medal
Bavarian Order of Merit
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Walter Ernst FrickeAlso won honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of ThessalonikiDavid BreezeAlso won Kenyon MedalFritz FeiglAlso won honorary doctor of the University of ViennaAris KonstantinidisAlso won honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of ThessalonikiDenys PageAlso won Kenyon MedalHans Horst MeyerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

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Rudolf Carl Franz Otto Pfeiffer was a German classical philologist. He is known today primarily for his landmark, two-volume edition of Callimachus and the two volumes of his History of Classical Scholarship, in addition to numerous articles and lectures related to these projects and to the fragmentary satyr plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1979 · aged 89
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9 languages

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