Siegfried Sudhaus Explained

Siegfried Sudhaus (9 July 1863 in Treptow an der Rega – 22 October 1914 near Bixschoote, Belgium) was a German classical philologist, known for his scholarly treatment of Menander and Philodemus.

He studied classical philology at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and from 1892 worked as a schoolteacher at the municipal gymnasium in Bonn. In 1898 he received his habilitation for classical philology, and afterwards, by way of a travel scholarship from the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, he embarked on a study trip to Greece.^[1] In 1901 he was named a professor of classical philology at the University of Kiel, where in 1912/13 he served as academic rector.^[2] Among his better known students at Kiel was papyrologist Christian Cornelius Jensen.^[3] As a volunteer in World War I, he died on 22 October 1914 near the town of Bixschoote in Flanders (First Battle of Ypres).^[4]

Published works

• Prolegomena ad Philodemi Rhetorica, 1892.
• Philodemi Volumina rhetorica edidit, 1892
• Philodemi Volumina rhetorica edidit (supplement), 1895.
• Aetna. In: Sammlung wissenschaftlicher Commentare zu griechischen und römischen Schriftstellern, 1898.
• Der Aufbau der Plautinischen Cantica, 1909  - The structure of Plautine canticles.
• Menandri Reliquiae nuper repertae, 1914.
• Menanderstudien, 1914  - Menander studies.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&dq=%22Sudhaus%2C+Siegfried%22+1863&pg=PA645 Schmidt - Theyer
2. http://www.historische-kommission-muenchen-editionen.de/rektoratsreden/anzeige/index.php?type=rektor&id=-1686260585 Rektoratsreden im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert – Online-Bibliographie
3. https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd117104043.html#ndbcontent Jensen, Christian
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=DcdAAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Siegfried+Sudhaus%22+1863+Kiel&pg=PA53 Hundert Jahre: A. Marcus und E. Webers Verlag, 1818-1918
5. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sudhaus Siegfried Sudhaus