Alfred Körte

Alfred Körte (September 5, 1866 - September 6, 1946) was a German classical philologist who was a native of Berlin. He was a younger brother to surgeon Werner Körte (1853-1937) and archaeologist Gustav Körte (1852-1917). In 1896 he married Frieda Gropius, the daughter of the architect Martin Gropius (1824-1880).

In 1890 he earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn, where he was a student of Hermann Usener (1834-1905). In 1899 he became a full professor at the University of Greifswald, and in 1903 he succeeded Erich Bethe (1863-1940) at the University of Basel. Subsequently he was a professor at the Universities of Giessen (1906), Freiburg (1914) and Leipzig (1917), where he remained until his retirement in 1934. Körte was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and the German Archaeological Institute.

Alfred Körte was a leading expert in the study of Greek comedies, and is remembered for his translation and editorial work of papyrus fragments left by the dramatist Menander. He was also a specialist of Hellenistic poetry, and contributed numerous articles to the Pauly-Wissowa, the German encyclopedia of classical scholarship.

In 1900 he assisted his brother, Gustav Körte with the initial excavation of the ancient city of Gordion in Asia Minor, and was co-author of a 1904 treatise describing their findings, titled "Gordion: Ergebinisse der Ausgrabung im Jahre 1900". Beginning in 1923, with Richard Heinze (1867-1929), he was publisher of the magazine "Hermes".

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