Otto Apelt
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Otto Apelt (born December 29, 1845 in Jena - December 5, 1932 in Dresden) was a German classical philologist, translator, and high school teacher.
Life and Work
Otto Apelt was the son of the philosopher and entrepreneur Ernst Friedrich Apelt (1812–1859) and his wife Emilie von Otto. He was married to Cornelia Rassow in 1873, the daughter of the Weimar high school director Hermann Rassow (1819–1907) and Mathilde geb. Weimar. They had three children: Elisabeth (1874–1946), Hermann (1876–1960) and Mathilde Apelt (born December 14, 1880).
Apelt attended the Stoy'sche Anstalt in Jena and the grammar school in Weimar. He then studied from 1865 to 1869 classical philology and philosophy at the universities of Jena, Leipzig, and Berlin. In Jena he was awarded a Dr. phil. doctorate, and passed the senior teacher examination in Berlin. After completing his studies, Apelt began teaching: from 1869 to 1898 as a senior teacher and later a grammar school professor at the Wilhelm-Ernst grammar school in Weimar, from 1898 to 1904 as director of the Eisenach grammar school, and from Easter 1904 as director of the grammar school in Jena. At Easter 1909 he retired as Privy Councilor and moved to Dresden, where he died in 1932.
Apelt’s focus has been Ancient Greek philosophy. He wrote several treatises on Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy while he was still in service. In retirement he devoted himself to his life's work, translating and commenting on all of Plato's writings. His translation was published from 1916 to 1937 by Felix Meiner Verlag in Leipzig in the Philosophische Bibliothek (Philosophical Library) series, in several volumes, some with three editions, and was widespread despite the rather negative attitude of the professional world. The work was last reprinted in six volumes in 2004. In addition to Plato, Apelt also translated the works of Diogenes Laërtius (Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, two volumes, Leipzig 1921), the First Declamation of Libanius ( Libanius: Apologie des Sokrates, Leipzig 1922), the philosophical writings of Seneca (four volumes, Leipzig 1923–1924), selections from the Elegies of Propertius ( Munich 1925) and selections from the Moralia of Plutarch (Leipzig 1926–1927).
Writings
- Wer ist’s? Unsere Zeitgenossen, 9. Ausgabe (1928), S. 29
- Adalbert Brauer: Die Anfänge der Exulantenfamilie Apelt aus Kunnersdorf bei Friedland in Böhmen in der kursächsischen Oberlausitz. In: Archiv für Sippenforschung und alle verwandten Gebiete. Band 40 (1974), S. 444–449 (zu Otto Apelt S. 449)
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