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.

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. This was considered to be the first Swedish archaeological excavation in Greece. Later the same year, he conducted an excavation at Aphidna in Attica.

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.