Thomas Stangl

'''Thomas Stangl''' (21 December 1854 in [[Aufhausen]] – 4 August 1921 in [[Würzburg]])<ref>Year of birth and death from bibliographic entry for Stangl's ''Pseudoasconiana'' in [[Indiana University]]'s online library catalog, and from [[Open Library]] entry for [https://openlibrary.org/b/OL22814930M/Ciceronis-orationum-scholiastae ''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae'']</ref> was a German [[Classics|classical scholar]] and [[textual criticism|text critic]]. He is found referenced most often for his edition of [[scholia]] to [[Cicero]]'s speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae''), especially for his work on [[Asconius]] and the [[Bobbio Scholiast]].

In 1883 he obtained his [[habilitation]] for [[classical philology]], and served as an associate professor (from 1900) and full professor (from 1919) at the [[University of Würzburg]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&dq=%22Stangl%2C+Thomas%22+Aufhausen&pg=PA460 Schmidt - Theyer]; edited by [[Walther Killy]] Dictionary of German Biography</ref>

== Works == * ''Boethiana: vel Boethii commentariorum in Ciceronis topica emendationes ex octo codicibus haustas et auctas observationibus grammaticis'' (1882), on the [[commentary (philology)|commentaries]] by [[Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius|Boethius]] on Cicero's ''Topica''; Stangl's dissertation at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|University of Munich]]. * ''Der sogenannte Gronovscholiast zu elf ciceronischen Reden'' (1884), the Scholia Gronoviana on Cicero's speeches. * ''Orator ad Brutum'' (1885) and ''Brutus de claris oratoribus'' (1886), text with notes in Latin on the works by Cicero. * ''[[Cassiodorus]] Senator'' (1887). * ''Tulliana et Mario-Victoriniana'' (1887/88), notes (in German) on Cicero's speeches and the commentaries of [[Gaius Marius Victorinus]], full text [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb8UAAAAQAAJ&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22 downloadable]. * ''Virgiliana: Die grammatischen Schriften des Galliers Virgilius Maro, auf Grund einer erstmaligen Vergleichung der Handschrift von Amiens und einer erneuten der Handschriften von Paris und Neapel'' (1891), on [[Virgilius Maro Grammaticus]], full text at [https://archive.org/details/4737411 Internet Archive]. * ''M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore'' (1893), an edition of Cicero's ''[[De oratore]]'', full text [https://books.google.com/books?id=jEpP8wd2TCEC&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22 downloadable]. * ''Bobiensia: neue Beiträge zur Textkritik und Sprache der Bobienser Ciceroscholien'' (1894), on the [[Bobbio Scholiast]], full text [https://books.google.com/books?id=jaLc0vmBCDsC&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22 downloadable.] * ''Tulliana: Der Text des [[Thesaurus Linguae Latinae]] zu Cicero de oratore in ausgewählten Stellen besprochen'' (1898). * ''Q. Curti Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni'' (1902), an edition of the extant portions of [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Curtius Rufus]]'s biography of Alexander the Great, full text [https://books.google.com/books?id=vPFKhAJVnhMC&dq=%22Thomas+Stangl%22&pg=PA309 downloadable] from Google Books, also available through the [https://archive.org/details/qcurtirufihisto00stangoog Internet Archive]. * ''Pseudoasconiana. Textgestaltung und Sprache der anonymen Scholien zu Ciceros vier ersten Verrinen'' (1909), anonymous scholia on Cicero's first [[In Verrem|speech against Verres]], formerly attributed to Asconius. * ''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae Asconius, scholia bobiensia, scholia pseudasconii sangallensia, scholia cluniacensia et recentiora ambrosiana ac vaticana, scholia lugdunensia sive gronoviana et eorum excerpta lugdunensia'' (1912, reprinted 1964), edition of [[Asconius]], the Bobbio Scholiast, and other scholia on Cicero's speeches; the value of this edition, which draws on Stangl's earlier work, is indicated by its reprinting 50 years after its initial publication. * ''Lactantiana'' (1915), notes on [[Lactantius]].

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== Further reading == * Extensive if scattered information about Stangl's work is available (in German) in ''Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft'' (1919), vols. 178–181 [https://archive.org/details/jahresberichtb178181leipuoft Internet Archive.] * [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Stangl Thomas Stangl] de.Wikisource {{Authority control}}

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