# Thomas Stangl

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German classical philologist (1854–1921)

For the Austrian writer, see [Thomas Stangl (writer)](/source/Thomas_Stangl_(writer)).

**Thomas Stangl** (21 December 1854 in [Aufhausen](/source/Aufhausen) – 4 August 1921 in [Würzburg](/source/W%C3%BCrzburg))[1] was a German [classical scholar](/source/Classics) and [text critic](/source/Textual_criticism). He is found referenced most often for his edition of [scholia](/source/Scholia) to [Cicero](/source/Cicero)'s speeches (*Ciceronis orationum scholiastae*), especially for his work on [Asconius](/source/Asconius) and the [Bobbio Scholiast](/source/Bobbio_Scholiast).

In 1883 he obtained his [habilitation](/source/Habilitation) for [classical philology](/source/Classical_philology), and served as an associate professor (from 1900) and full professor (from 1919) at the [University of Würzburg](/source/University_of_W%C3%BCrzburg).[2]

## Works

- *Boethiana: vel Boethii commentariorum in Ciceronis topica emendationes ex octo codicibus haustas et auctas observationibus grammaticis* (1882), on the [commentaries](/source/Commentary_(philology)) by [Boethius](/source/Anicius_Manlius_Severinus_Boethius) on Cicero's *Topica*; Stangl's dissertation at the [University of Munich](/source/Ludwig_Maximilian_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](/source/Cassiodorus) Senator* (1887).

- *Tulliana et Mario-Victoriniana* (1887/88), notes (in German) on Cicero's speeches and the commentaries of [Gaius Marius Victorinus](/source/Gaius_Marius_Victorinus), full text [downloadable](https://books.google.com/books?id=Lb8UAAAAQAAJ&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22).

- *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](/source/Virgilius_Maro_Grammaticus), full text at [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/4737411).

- *M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore* (1893), an edition of Cicero's *[De oratore](/source/De_oratore)*, full text [downloadable](https://books.google.com/books?id=jEpP8wd2TCEC&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22).

- *Bobiensia: neue Beiträge zur Textkritik und Sprache der Bobienser Ciceroscholien* (1894), on the [Bobbio Scholiast](/source/Bobbio_Scholiast), full text [downloadable.](https://books.google.com/books?id=jaLc0vmBCDsC&q=Cicero+%22Thomas+Stangl%22)

- *Tulliana: Der Text des [Thesaurus Linguae Latinae](/source/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 [Curtius Rufus](/source/Quintus_Curtius_Rufus)'s biography of Alexander the Great, full text [downloadable](https://books.google.com/books?id=vPFKhAJVnhMC&dq=%22Thomas+Stangl%22&pg=PA309) from Google Books, also available through the [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/qcurtirufihisto00stangoog).

- *Pseudoasconiana. Textgestaltung und Sprache der anonymen Scholien zu Ciceros vier ersten Verrinen* (1909), anonymous scholia on Cicero's first [speech against Verres](/source/In_Verrem), 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](/source/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](/source/Lactantius).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Year of birth and death from bibliographic entry for Stangl's *Pseudoasconiana* in [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University)'s online library catalog, and from [Open Library](/source/Open_Library) entry for [*Ciceronis orationum scholiastae*](https://openlibrary.org/b/OL22814930M/Ciceronis-orationum-scholiastae)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Schmidt - Theyer](https://books.google.com/books?id=0-hrRQvGV7sC&dq=%22Stangl%2C+Thomas%22+Aufhausen&pg=PA460); edited by [Walther Killy](/source/Walther_Killy) Dictionary of German Biography

## 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 [Internet Archive.](https://archive.org/details/jahresberichtb178181leipuoft)

- [Thomas Stangl](https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Stangl) de.Wikisource

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