The German scholar Hermann Usener (1834–1905) made an important contribution to nineteenth-century scholarship in the fields of philology and comparative religion. In order to recreate a picture of the religions of the Greco-Roman world he drew on elements from the fields of ethnology, phenomenology and hermeneutics. This four-volume collection of essays and reviews was published posthumously in 1912–1914. Volume 3 (1914) reveals Usener's extensive knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. It contains essays on Greek literary history and on the development of philology as an independent discipline. Usener pinpoints the time when Plato wrote Phaedrus, discusses the development of Attic theatre and contributes to the history of astronomical symbols. The volume also includes several reviews.

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2010
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108017251
- length: 562 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 32 mm
- weight: 0.7kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Vorwort
1. Literarhistorisches
2. Warnung
3. Vergessenes
4. Abfassungszeit des Platonischen Phaidros
5. Beiträge zur Geschichte der legendenliteratur
6. Unser Platontext
7. Die Unterlage des Laertius Diogenes
8. Beiläufige Bemerkung
9. Eine hesiodische Dichtung
10. Philonides
11. Rezensionen
12. Die Entwicklung der Philologie im Zusammenhang mit der Berliner Universität
13. Nachträge zur Geschichte des attischen Theaters
14. De Stephano Alexandrino
15. Ad historiam astronomiae symbola
16. Rezensionen
17. Ein Epigramm von Knidos
18. De Iliadis carmine quodam Phocaico
19. Zur Inschrift von Elaia
20. Osservazioni
21. Chronologische Beiträge
22. Aus einem Briefe an M. Fränkel
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Hermann Usener