Otto Hense

Otto Hense
Born	11 April 1845 (1845-04-11) Halberstadt
Died	11 March 1931 (1931-03-12) (aged 85) Freiburg im Breisgau
Occupation	German classical philologist

Kurt Otto Friedrich Hense (11 April 1845, Halberstadt – 11 March 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German classical philologist known for his investigations of Sophocles and the anthologist Stobaeus.

In 1868 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle with the dissertation thesis, "Exercitationes criticae imprimis in Euripidis fragmentis". After graduation he worked as a gymnasium teacher, and in 1872 received his habilitation for classical philology at the University of Halle. From 1876 to 1909 he was a professor at the University of Freiburg, where in 1893/94 he served as university vice-rector.

Published works

With historian Curt Wachsmuth, he was co-author of a five volume edition of Stobaeus, titled "Ioannis Stobaei Anthologium", with volumes 1-2 containing the "Eclogae physicae et ethicae" and being edited by Wachsmuth (1884), and volumes 3-5 containing the "Florilegium" and being edited by Hense (1894–1912). Other significant works associated with Hense are:

• Heliodoreische untersuchungen, 1870 – Investigations of Heliodorus.
• Der Chor des Sophokles, 1877 – The chorus of Sophocles.
• Studien zu Sophokles, 1880 – Studies of Sophocles.
• Aischylos Agamemnon, 1883 – Aeschylus' Agamemnon, (with Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin).
• Nicolaus Schow und Stobaeus, 1885 – Nicolaus Schow and Stobaeus.
• Teletis reliquiae, 1889 – edition of Teles.
• Die Synkrisis in der antiken Litteratur: Prorectoratsrede, 1893 – The syncrisis in ancient literature.
• Seneca und Athenodorus, 1893 – Seneca and Athenodorus.
• Die Modificirung der Maske in der griechischen Tragödie, 1902, second edition 1905 – The modification of the mask in Greek tragedy.
• Reliquiae. edidit O. Hense, 1905 – edition of Musonius Rufus.

External links

• Otto Hense de. Wikisource; bibliography.