Samuel Wide

Samuel (Sam) Karl Anders Wide (17 October 1861, Stora Tuna – 13 February 1918, Uppsala) was a Swedish classical archaeologist, ancient historian and philologist.

Samuel Wide (1892)

In 1888 he received his PhD in Greek language and literature from Uppsala University. In 1895 he became a professor of classical languages at the University of Lund, attaining a similar position at Uppsala in 1899. In 1909 he became the first professor of classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Uppsala.^[1]

In 1893–95, he travelled extensively throughout Italy and Greece. In the summer of 1894, with Lennart Kjellberg, he performed excavatory work of the Sanctuary of Poseidon on the island of Kalaureia.^[2] This was considered to be the first Swedish archaeological excavation in Greece. Later the same year, he conducted an excavation at Aphidna in Attica.^[3]

Published works

• De sacris Troezeniorum, Hermionensium, Epidauriorum, Uppsala 1888 (dissertation).
• Lakonische Kulte, Leipzig 1893 – Laconian cult.
• Altgriechische Vase im Nationalmuseum zu Stockholm, in: Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Band XII. 1897, Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1898; S. 195–199 – Ancient Greek vases in the National Museum of Stockholm.
• Geometrische Vasen aus Griechenland, in: Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Band XIV. 1899. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1900; S. 26–43, 78–86 und 188–215 – Geometric vases of Greece.
• Geometrische Vasen aus Griechenland (Schluß), in: Jahrbuch des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Band XV. 1900. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1901, S. 49–58.
• Mykenische Götterbilder und Idole, in: Mitteilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung. Band XXVI. 1901 – Mycenaean god-images and idols.
• Griechische und römische Religion, Leipzig 1910, 1912, 1922, 1931 in Gercke-Norden, Einleitung (s. d.) – Greek and Roman religion.^[4]

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