Georg Autenrieth


Georg Autenrieth was a German philologist and educator.
From 1852 he studied philosophy, philology and theology at the University of Erlangen, and after completion of studies, taught classes on different subjects at the gymnasium in Erlangen. In 1869 he received the title of professor. Later on, he served as rector at gymnasiums in Zweibrücken and Nuremberg.

Published works

He was the author of a popular Homeric dictionary, Wörterbuch zu den Homerischen Gedichten, that was translated into English and published as . His other noteworthy written efforts include:
After the death of philologist Carl Friedrich Nagelsbach, Autenrieth released new editions of his works on Homeric theology, gymnasium pedagogy, comments on the Iliad and Latin stylistics for Germans. He also published a biography of Nagelsbach in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.