Friedrich August Wolf was a German classicist who is considered the founder of classical and modern philology.
Portrait by Johann Eduard Wolff [de], 1823
Classics, also known as classical studies or ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of ancient Greek and
Friedrich August Wolf
…Friedrich August Wolf (; German: ; 15 February 1759 – 8 August 1824) was a German classicist who is considered the founder of classical and modern philology. Wolf was born in Hainrode, near Nordhausen. His father was the village schoolmaster…
Homer, the legendary Greek author of the Iliad and Odyssey
Cicero, the Roman statesman considered the master of Latin prose
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and polymath who shaped Western science for centuries
Virgil, usually considered to be the greatest Roman poet