Karl Otfried Müller ( August 28 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ August 28 From Wikipedia August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. Events 400-1899 Wednesday, August 28, 475... August 28, 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January 3 - The Treaty of Tripoli (a peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Algiers. January 7 - The parliament of the Repubblica Cisalpina adopts the Italian gree-white-red tricolour as official flag... 1797 - August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. Events 500-1899 527 - Justinian I becomes Byzantine Emperor. 1291 - The Swiss Confederation is formed. 1492 - Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain. 1461 - Edward IV crowned... August 1, 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 3 - One of the predecessor papers to the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded by George Cavanaugh. January 10 - Uniform penny postage introduced in the UK. January 19 - Captain... 1840), was a The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... German scholar and Philodorian are those people who have a love of Lacedæmonia and ancient Crete and their Doric culture and laws. It is comprised of two Greek words, philo- meaning love of and dorian meaning the Doric race. The Spartans and ancient Cretans were Dorians. The ancient Cretans and Spartans engendered... Philodorian.

He was born at Brieg in Please be advised that the factual accuracy of Wikipedia articles dealing with topics related to the Oder-Neisse Line is often disputed. Silesia (Polish Śląsk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe. Most of it is now within the borders of Poland, but... Silesia, and educated partly in The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Wrocław. Wrocław (in Polish pronounced: [:vrɔʦwaf], German Breslau, Czech Vratislav, Latin: Wratislavia; many Polish documents in English use the name Wroclaw) is a city in Silesia in... Breslau and partly in For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). Berlin [ bɛrˈliːn ] is the national capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4.5 million before World War II. Berlin is located on the rivers Spree and... Berlin. There his enthusiasm for the study of Greek literature, art and history was fostered by the influence of Böckh. In Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May - The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New... 1817, after the publication of his first work, Aegineticorum liber, he received an appointment at the Magdaleneum in Breslau, and in 1819 he was made adjunct professor of ancient literature at the The Georg-August University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, often called the Georgia Augusta) was founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover, and opened in 1737. It rapidly attained a leading position, and in 1823 its... University of Göttingen, his subject being the Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes... archaeology and history of ancient art.

His aim was to form a vivid conception of Greek life as a whole; and his books and lectures were a turning point in the development of Hellenic studies. Müller's position at Göttingen was made difficult by the political troubles which followed the accession of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover (5 June 1771 - 18 November 1851), also known (1799-1837) as the Duke of Cumberland was the fifth son and eighth child of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. His Royal Highness Field Marshal The... Ernest I of Hanover in 1837, he applied for permission to travel; and in 1839 he left Germany. In April of the following year he reached Greece, formally called the Hellenic Republic ( Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It has land boundaries with Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav... Greece, having spent the winter in Italy. He investigated the remains of ancient For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). The Acropolis in central Athens is home to ancient monuments of Athens — a mainstay of its thriving tourism industry Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína) is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica region of Greece... Athens, visited many places of interest in Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth. Its name derives from the Ancient Greek Mythological Hero... Peloponnesus, and finally went to View of Delphi, looking down from the theater. Delphi (Greek Δελφοί Delphoi) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. In ancient times it was the site of the Delphic Oracle, dedicated to the god Apollo. Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world... Delphi, where he began excavations. He was attacked by intermittent fever, of which he died at Athens.

The most important of his historical works was his Geschichten hellenischen Stämme und Städte: Orchomenos und die Minyer (1820), and Die Dorier (1824), including the essay Über die Makedonier, on the settlements, origin and early history of the Macedon (aka. Macedonia from Gk. ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ) was the ancient Greek state of Macedonia in the central-northern part of ancient Greece bordering with the ancient Greek state of Epirus on the west and the ancient region of Thrace on the East. Alexander... Macedonians. He introduced a new standard of accuracy in the Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis = map and graphein = write) is the study and practice of making maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography. Most commercial quality maps are now made with map making software... cartography of ancient Greece. In 1828 he published Die Etrusker, a treatise on The Etruscan civilization existed in Etruria and the Po valley in the northern part of what is now Italy, prior to the formation of the Roman Republic. Etruscan vases The Etruscans were a non-Indo-European people who inhabited northern and central Italy before 800 BC. Herodotus (ca 400 BC... Etruscan antiquities.

His Prolegomena zu einer wissenschaftlichen Mythologie (1825; Eng. trans., J Leitch, 1844), in which he avoided the extreme views of Georg Friedrich Creuzer (March 10, 1771 - February 16, 1858), was a German philologist and archaeologist. He was born at Marburg, the son of a bookbinder. After studying at Marburg and at the University of Jena, he went to Leipzig as a private tutor; but in 1802 he was appointed professor... GF Creuzer and Christian August Lobeck (June 5, 1781 - August 25, 1860), was a German classical scholar. He was born at Naumburg. After studying at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, he became Privatdozent at the University of Wittenberg in 1802, and in 1810 was appointed to a professorship there. Four years later... CA Lobeck, prepared the way for the scientific investigation of For the computer game, see Myth (computer game). A myth is often thought to be a lesson in story form which has deep explanatory or symbolic resonance for preliterate cultures, who preserve and cherish the wisdom of their elders through oral traditions by the use of skilled story tellers. Its... myths; while the study of ancient art was promoted by his Handbuch der Archäologie der Kunst (1830; Eng. trans., J Leitch, 1847), and Denkmäler der alten Kunst (1832), which he wrote in association with C Osterley.

In 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 3 - One of the predecessor papers to the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia, The Port Phillip Herald, is founded by George Cavanaugh. January 10 - Uniform penny postage introduced in the UK. January 19 - Captain... 1840 appeared his History of the literature of Ancient Greece; the original German work from which it had been translated being issued in Germany in 1841. Chapters i.-xxii. were translated by Sir Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (1806-1863), British statesman and man of letters, was born in London on 21 April 1806. His father, Thomas F. Lewis, of Harpton Court, Radnorshire, after holding subordinate office in various administrations, became a poor-law commissioner, and was made a baronet in 1846... George Cornewall Lewis; chapters xxiii.-xxxvi. by John William Donaldson (June 7, 1811 - February 10, 1861), was an English philologist and biblical critic. He was born in London, and was educated at University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he subsequently became a fellow. In 1841 he was elected headmaster of King Edwards school... JW Donaldson, who carried the work down to the taking of Map of Constantinople. Constantinople (Roman name: Constantinopolis; Modern Greek: Konstantinoupoli or Κωνσταντινούπολη) is the former name of the city of Istanbul in todays Turkey. Today, Constantinople is the area between the Golden Horn and... Constantinople by the Areas settled by Turkic peoples in the late 19th and early 20th century The Turkic people are any of various peoples whose members speak languages in the Turkic family of languages. These people, possibly numbering 150 million in population, are probably the diverse descendants of large groups of tribespeople who... Turks. It remained one of the best books on the subject for many years. Müller also published an admirable translation of the Eumenides of This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. For other uses, see Aeschylus (disambiguation) Aeschylus (525—456 BC; Greek: Αισχυλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece. Born in Eleusis, a district of the Athenian state, he wrote his first plays in 498... Aeschylus with introductory essays (1833), and new editions of Varro was a Roman cognomen carried by: Caius Terentius Varro, the consul Marcus Terentius Varro (known as Varro Reatinus), the scholar Publius Terentius Varro (known as Varro Atacinus), the poet This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title... Varro (1833) and For the town, see Festus, Missouri. Sextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman grammarian, who probably flourished in the later 2nd century AD, perhaps at Narbo (Narbonne) in Gaul. He made an epitome of the encyclopedic treatise in many volumes De verborum significatu, of Verrius Flaccus, a celebrated grammarian who flourished... Festus (1839).

See memoir of his life by his brother Eduard, prefixed to the posthumous edition of Müller's Kleine deutsche Schriften (1847); F Lucke, Erinnerungen an K.O. Müller (Göttingen, 1841); F Ranke, K.O. Müller, ein Lebensbild (Berlin, 7870); Conrad Bursian (November 14, 1830 - September 21, 1883), was a German philologist and archaeologist. He was born at Mutzschen in Saxony. When his parents moved to Leipzig, he received his early education at the Thomas school, and entered the university in 1847. Here he studied under Moritz Haupt and Otto... C Bursian, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in Deutschland (1883), ii. 1007-1028; C Dilthey, Otfried Müller (Göttingen, 1898); E Curtius, Altertum und Gegenwart; and JW Donaldson's essay On the Life and Writings of Karl Otfried Müller in vol. i. of the English translation of the history of Greek literature. A biography composed from his letters was published by O. and E. Kern, K. O. Müller, Lebensbild in Briefen an seine Eltern (7908); see also Sir John Edwin Sandys was a classical scholar. He was born at Leicester on 19 May 1844, a son of the Reverend Timothy Sandys of the Church Missionary Society and Rebecca née Swain. Living at first in India, he returned to England at the age of 11, and was... JE Sandys, Hist. of Classical Scholarship, iii. (1908), 213-216. ¹

Quotes

• "A This article deals with democracy in its modern sense. For other meanings, see Democracy (disambiguation). Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. Under such a system, legislative decisions are made by the people themselves... democracy likes a large mass and hates all divisions." ²

Writings of Müller

• The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, 2nd. ed. rev., 2 Vol., trans. from the German by Henry Tufnell, ESQ, and George Cornewall Lewis, ESQ, A. M., publ. John Murray, Albemarle Str., London, 1839.

Reference

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2. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol II, pg 396