Otto Keller (philologist)

Otto Keller, 1898 at Prague

Otto Keller (28 May 1838 in Tübingen – 16 February 1927 in Ludwigsburg) was a German classical philologist who specialized in Horace.

Biography

He was educated at the universities of Tübingen and Bonn and later specialized in the study of Horace. From 1861 he taught classes in classical languages in Württemberg — in 1866 he was named rector of lyceums in Öhringen.^[1] He was a professor at Freiburg (1872-76), at Graz (1876-81) and from then until his retirement in 1909 he was at Prague.

Otto Keller, 1918 photograph.

Keller was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1875.^[2]

Works

Chief among his critical works on Horace are:

• Horatii Opera Rec. Holder et Keller, written with A. T. Holder (1864–70; Vol. I; 2d ed., 1899).
• Epilegomena zu Horaz (3 volumes, Leipzig 1879-80).
• Pseudoacrouis Scholia in Horatium Vetustiora (2 volumes, 1902–04).

Other works:

• Tiere des klassischen Altertums in kulturgeschichtlicher Beziehung (Animals of classical antiquity and cultural history; Innsbruck, 1887).
• Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen (Pictures of animals and plants on coins and gems; 1889).
• Lateinische Etymologien (Latin etymology; 1893).
• Grammatische Aufsätze (Grammatical papers, 1895).
• Xenophontis Historia graeca (1898); part of series: Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana – edition of Xenophon.^[3]
• Kulturgeschichtliches aus der Tierwelt (Animals and cultural history; 1904).
• Die antike Tierwelt (The ancient animal world; Vol. I, 1909; Vol. II, 1914).

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Keller, Otto". Encyclopedia Americana.
•  Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Keller, Otto". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

1. Keller, Otto von (1838-1927), Altphilologe Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation
2. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
3. Xenophontis Historia graeca OCLC World Cat