Hermes (classical philology journal)

Hermes
DisciplineClassical philology
LanguageGerman, English, French, Italian[1]
Edited by
Publication details
History1866–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Hermes
Indexing
ISSN0018-0777 (print)
2365-3116 (web)
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Hermes (full title: Hermes: Zeitschrift für classische Philologie; Hermes: Bulletin for Classical Philology) is a German periodical specialising in classical studies. Originally published by the Berlin publisher Weidmann, it is now published by Franz Steiner Verlag.

Its founding in 1866 was led by the ancient historian Theodor Mommsen,[2] who co-founded the publication with Adolf Kirchhoff and Rudolf Hercher.[3][4] Its first editor, from 1866 until 1881, was the philologist Emil Hübner:[5] most of its early contributors, including Hübner, were pupils of the Plautine scholar Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl.[6] As of 2024, it is edited by Hans Beck, Martin Hose and Claudia Schindler.[1]

On its release, the German scholar Wilhelm Wagner praised Hermes as a worthy rival to the Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, the oldest and then the dominant classical journal in the German-speaking world.[6] Hermes is listed by Scopus, where it has a CiteScore of 0.2.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Hermes". Franz Steiner Verlag. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ "Mommsen, Christian Matthias Theodor". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  3. ^ "Hermes". JSTOR. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  4. ^ Grünbart, Michael (2023). "Einheit in der Vielfalt – Vielfalt in der Einheit? Briefüberlieferung und Sammlungsgeschichten" [Unity in Diversity – Diversity in Unity? Epistolary Tradition and Collection Histories]. Frühmittelalterliche Studien [Early Medieval Studies] (in German). 57 (1). doi:10.1515/fmst-2023-0008.
  5. ^ Sandys, John Edwin (2011) [1903]. A History of Classical Scholarship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780511903717.
  6. ^ a b Wagner, Wilhelm (1867). "On Jordan's Sallust". Transactions of the Philological Society: 242.
  7. ^ "Sources". Scopus. Retrieved 2024-01-29.