Ludwig Radermacher

Ludwig Radermacher (January 31, 1867 - June 28, 1952) was a German-Austrian classical philologist who was a native of Siegburg.

In 1891 he earned his doctorate at the University of Bonn, where he was a student of Hermann Usener (1834-1905). Following graduation he remained in Bonn, where he assisted Usener with the works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus. In 1903 he became an associate professor at the University of Greifswald, and three years later relocated to the University of Münster. In 1909 he succeeded Theodor Gomperz (1832-1912) as chair of classical philology at the University of Vienna, and where he remained until his retirement in 1937. In 1915 he became a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS).

Radermacher specialized in research of classical rhetoric, folklore and mythology. Among his many written works was an edition of Quintilian's oratories- Institutionis Oratoriae. A few of his other better-known works are as follows:

• Observationes in Euripidem miscellae (Observations in Euripides' Miscellae), 1891
• Das Jenseits im Mythos der Hellenen (Beyond the Myths of the Hellenes), 1903
• Beiträge zur Volkskunde aus dem Gebiet der Antike (Contributions to Folklore of Antiquity), 1918
• Aristophanes Frösche (Aristophanes' "The Frogs"), 1921
• Zur Geschichte der griechischen Komödie (History of Greek Comedy), 1924
• Mythos und Sage bei den Griechen (Myths and Legends of the Greeks)
• Altgriechische Liebesgeschichten (Ancient Greek Love Stories)
• Koine (Common Greek dialect)
• Neutestamentliche Grammatik (New Testament Grammar}

References

• Klaus-Gunther Wesseling (1994). "Radermacher, Martin Ludwig". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 7. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1226–1228. ISBN 3-88309-048-4.  English translation