Anton Westermann


Anton Westermann was a German classical philologist.
From 1825 to 1830, he studied philology at the University of Leipzig, where in 1833 he became an associate professor of classical philology. From 1834 to 1865, he was a full professor of Greek and Roman literature at Leipzig. On four separate occasions he was dean to the faculty of philosophy.
He is known for his edition and critical examination of Demosthenes, for his edition of works by ancient authors such as Plutarch, Lysias, Callistratus and Philostratus, and for his scholarly treatment of Greek mythography, biography and paradoxography. His edition of Heraclitus' epistles, Heracliti Epistolae quae feruntur, later appeared in Rudolf Hercher's Epistolographi Graeci.

Published works

Editions of classical authors

  • Plutarchi Vitae decem oratorum, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1833.
  • Paradoxographoi, scriptores rerum mirabilium graeci, Braunschweig 1839.
  • Stephani Byzantii Ἐθνικῶν quae supersunt, 1839;
  • Diogenis Laertii De clarorum philosophorum : vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus libri decem, 1842;.
  • Mythographoi. Scriptores poeticae historiae Graeci, Braunschweig 1843.
  • Biographoi. Vitarum scriptores Graeci minores, Braunschweig 1845.
  • Philostratorum et Callistrati opera, 1849
  • Lysiae Orationes, 1854
  • ''Heracliti epistolae''

    School editions (''Schulausgaben'')

  • Ausgewählte Reden des Demosthenes erklärt
  • *1. Bändchen: Reden I–VI und VIII–IX
  • *2. Bändchen: Reden XVIII und XX
  • *3. Bändchen: Reden XXIII, LIV und LVII

    Translations

  • Demosthenes' Ausgewählte Reden verdeutscht
  • *1. Bändchen: : Olynthische; Friede; Chersones; gegen Philippus
  • *2. Bändchen: Aeschines' und Demosthenes' Reden gegen und für Ktesiphon von Kranze
  • *3. Bändchen: Rede gegen Leptines und Meidias
  • *4. Bändchen: Reden gegen Androtion , gegen Aristokrates , gegen Aphobos , gegen Onetor , gegen Konon , gegen Eubulides

    Other

  • Quaestiones Demosthenicae, 4 volumes, Leipzig 1830–37.
  • Geschichte der Beredtsamkeit in Griechenland und Rom, 2 volumes, Leipzig 1833-1835 - History of eloquence in Greece and Rome.
  • Die Modalität der Athenischen Gesetzgebung, geprüft an den in die Rede des Demosthenes gegen Timokrates §§ 20 - 23, 27, 33, 39, 40, 59, Leipzig 1850 - The modality of Athenian legislation examined in the speech of Demosthenes against Timocrates. Investigations on proceedings in the Attic orators' documents.
  • Untersuchung über die in die attischen Reden eingelegten Urkunden
  • ''Index graecitatis Hyperideae''