Quotes:Preller, Ludwig

Zirkoff, Boris

Preller, Ludwig (1809-1861). German scholar of mythology and antiquities, b. at Hamburg, Sept. 15, 1809; d. at Weimar, June 21, 1861. Studied at Leipzig and Berlin, mainly philology; settled at Kiel for a while, then became prof. of philology at Dorpat, 1838; soon gave this up and travelled for a time in Italy. Became prof. at Jena, 1846, and held there the position of Chief Librarian until his death. Chief works: *Griechische Mythologie. Leipzig: Weidman, 1854. 2 vols. 8vo.; 4th ed., Berlin, 1894, etc.—Demeter und Persephone, Hamburg, 1837. 8vo.—Römische Mythologie. Berlin: Weidman, 1858. 8vo.; 2nd ed., 1865.—Historiae Philosophiae graeco-romanae (with Richter). Hamburg, 1838; 8th ed., Gotha, 1898.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 472