Eugène Benoist
Eugène Benoist was a French classical philologist.
From 1852 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, followed by work as a schoolteacher at the lycée in Marseille. In 1862 he obtained his doctorate, and five years later became a lecturer of ancient literature in Nancy. In 1869 he attained the title of professor, and from 1871, taught classes in foreign literature at the University of Aix-en-Provence. In 1874 he returned to Paris as a professeur suppléant of Latin poetry at the Sorbonne, where in 1876 he gained a full professorship. In 1884 he was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
He was the author of many works, for the most part, editions of ancient Latin authors, or critical articles on sections of Latin works; its original authors being: Plautus, Terence, Lucretius, Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Julius Caesar and Livy.Selected works
- De personis muliebribus apud Plautum, 1862.
- Titi Macci Plauti Cistellariam, 1863.
- P. Virgilii Maronis Opera. Les oeuvres de Virgile, 1867-72 - Works of Virgil.
- Commentaire sur Lucrèce , 1872 - Commentary on Lucretius.
- Plaute : Morceaux choisis ; publiés avec une préface, 1880 - Plautus; excerpts.
- C. Valeri Catulli liber. Les poésies de Catulle,, 1878 - Poetry of Catullus.
- Les Adelphes, 1881.
- Commentaires sur la guerre des Gaules : texte latin, 1893 - Commentary on the Gallic Wars.
- Nouveau dictionnaire latin-français, 1893, 10th edition 1925 - New Latin-French dictionary.