Franz Volkmar Fritzsche
# Franz Volkmar Fritzsche

Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (26 January 1806 in Steinbach bei Borna – 17 March 1887) was a German classical philologist. He was the son of theologian Christian Friedrich Fritzsche (1776-1850).

He studied under philologist Gottfried Hermann (his future father-in-law) at the University of Leipzig, where in 1825 he received his habilitation. In 1828, he succeeded Immanuel Gottlieb Huschke (1761-1828) as professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres (teaching classes in classical literature) at the University of Rostock. At Rostock, he founded a philological seminar, and in 1836/37, he served as university rector.

## Writings

In the field of classical literature, he is largely known for his scholarly interpretation of Aristophanes and Lucian. The following are some of his principal writings:

* Quaestiones Lucianeae, 1826
* Varietas lectionis in Luciani Nigrinum, 1830
* Quaestiones Aristophaneae, 1835
* De parabasi Thesmophoriazusarum commentatio, 1836
* Aristophanis comoediae, quae supersunt, 1838
* Disputatio de Adimanto, patriae suae proditore, 1843
* Disputatio de Deo ex machina, 1843
* Aristophanis Ranae, 1845.
