Ernst Buschor (2 June 1886, Hürben – 11 December 1961, Munich) was a German archaeologist and translator.
Biography From 1905, Buschor studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München as a student of classical archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler, earning his doctorate in 1912. After serving as a soldier in the Balkans during World War I, he became an associate professor of classical archaeology at the University of Erlangen. In 1920, he became a full professor at the University of Freiburg. From 1921 to 1929, he was director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. From 1929 to 1959, he served as a professor of classical archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.Kurzbiographie von Ernst Buschor (PDF file; 41 kB)
From 1922 to 1924, he conducted archaeological excavations in Athens, Olympia and Amyklai (Sparta), and for many years served as director of excavations on the island of Samos (1925–1939; 1951–1961). In 1921, he became a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
Selected works Buschor is credited for providing translations of all 31 extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. The following are a few of his significant writings: Griechische Vasenmalerei (= Klassische Illustratoren 5, ). Piper, Munich 1913. Translated into English as: Greek vase-painting; London, Chatto & Windus . Beiträge zur Geschichte der griechischen Textilkunst. Die Anfänge und der orientalische Import. Kastner & Callwey, München 1912 (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, phil. Dissertation, 26 January 1912) – Contributions to the history of Greek textile art. Euripides: Orestes. Iphigenie in Aulis. Die Maenaden. 3 Tragoedien. Beck, Munich 1960 – Euripides: Orestes. Iphigénie in Aulis. The Maenads; 3 tragedies. Winke für Akropolispilger. Beck, Munich 1960 – Hints for Acropolis pilgrims. Gesamtausgabe der griechischen Tragödien. 10 Bände. Artemis Verlag, Zurich i. a. 1979, – Edition of the Greek tragedies. Translated by Ernst Buschor. 10 volumes. Vom Sinn der griechischen Standbilder, Translated into English as: On the meaning of Greek statues; Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.OCLC WorldCat published works by Buschor
Bibliography Karl Schefold: Ernst Buschor 1886–1961. In: Archäologenbildnisse. Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassischen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. von Zabern, Mainz 1988, , S. 234–235.
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External links
Books by Ernst Buschor at Project Gutenberg