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Friedrich W. Solmsen (February 4, 1904 – January 30, 1989) was a philologist and professor of classical studies. He published nearly 150 books, monographs, scholarly articles, and reviews from the 1930s through the 1980s.〔Estimated on the basis of an author search of ''L'Année philologique'' (online ), which would include his publications from 1949 to his death (retrieved August 2, 2008), and of JSTOR, which is limited to participating academic journals but includes publications of the 1930s and 1940s (retrieved August 9, 2008).〕 Solmsen's work is characterized by a prevailing interest in the history of ideas.〔G.M. Kirkwood, "Foreword to the Paperback Edition," in Friedrich Solmsen, ''Hesiod and Aeschylus'' (Cornell University Press, 1995), p. ix.〕 He was an influential scholar in the areas of Greek tragedy, particularly for his work on Aeschylus, and the philosophy of the physical world and its relation to the soul, especially the systems of Plato and Aristotle. ==Life and career== Friedrich Solmsen, sometimes called "Fritz" by friends and intimates, was born and educated in Germany. He was among the "Graeca" of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, the Graeca being a group of "young scholars"〔Graduate students might be the contemporary American equivalent.〕 who met in his home during his last decade of life to read a Greek author with a view toward emending the text. In an essay fifty years later, Solmsen recalled those years and the legendary philologist in a biographical sketch that combines politico-historical perspective, sociology of academia, and personal, sometimes wry observations. "I do not recall Wilamowitz ever laughing aloud," he mused in a footnoted aside. "Nor did he ever grin."〔Friedrich Solmsen, "Wilamowitz in His Last Ten Years," ''Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies'' 20 (1979), pp. 89 and 92.〕 Solmsen was also a student of Eduard Norden, Otto Regenbogen, and Werner Jaeger, to the three of whom along with Wilamowitz he dedicated the first volume of his collected papers.〔''Kleine Schriften'', vol. 1 (Hildesheim 1968), dedicatory page (not numbered).〕 He was one of the last people to whom the terminally ill Wilamowitz addressed correspondence.〔William A. Calder III, "Seventeen Letters of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff to Eduard Fraenkel," ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'' 81 (1977), p. 294, note 119.〕 Solmsen's dissertation on Aristotelian logic and rhetoric was published in 1928. He left Germany to escape Nazism in the mid-1930s,〔Leo R. Ward, ''My Fifty Years at Notre Dame'', (chapter 6. )〕 and after a time in England came to the United States, where he taught at Olivet College (1937–1940) in Michigan. He then moved to Cornell University, where he served a term as chair of the classics department.〔"Friedrich Solmsen, Professor, 84," ''New York Times'' (February 10, 1989), (obituary ).〕 He taught at Cornell for twenty-two years. Among his courses was "Foundations of Western Thought," which explored the history of philosophical, scientific and religious ideas from early Greece through the Hellenistic and Roman periods.〔 In 1962, he was named Moses Slaughter Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.〔"Friedrich Solmsen, Professor, 84," ''New York Times'' (February 10, 1989), obituary.〕 In 1972 he won the Goodwin Award of Merit, presented by the American Philological Association for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship, for his Oxford Classical Text edition of Hesiod's works, the ''Theogony,'' ''Works and Days,'' and ''Shield of Heracles''.〔''Hesiodi Theogonia; Opera et dies; Scutum'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970); 2nd edition, 1983; 3rd edition, 1990; Goodwin Award of Merit 1951–2007 (list of winners. )〕 Solmsen retired in 1974.〔 In retirement, he lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and continued to publish. He gave occasional lectures at the University of North Carolina, conducted a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar, and led readings in Pindar and Plotinus.〔''Tabulae,'' newsletter of the Department of Classics, University of North Carolina (Fall 1989), p. iii.〕 The bulk of his library was donated to the university upon his death at the age of 84. He was survived by his wife, Lieselotte.〔"Friedrich Solmsen, Professor, 84," ''New York Times'' (February 10, 1989), obituary. Lieselotte Solmsen published two articles on Herodotus in the 1940s, "Speeches in Herodotus' Account of the Ionic Revolt," ''American Journal of Philology'' 64 (1943) 194–207, and "Speeches in Herodotus' Account of the Battle of Plataea," ''Classical Philology'' 39 (1944) 241–253.〕 Colleagues mourned him as "one of the last giants of the German tradition of classical humanism."〔 The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin offers four one-year fellowships in his name for postdoctoral work on literary and historical studies of the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods to 1700. The fellowship fund was established by a bequest from Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen.〔Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin–Madison, ("Fellowships." )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Friedrich Solmsen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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