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.^[1]

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.^[2]