Kleine Schriften

It is now 50 years since the death of Adolf Wilhelm, one of the greatest Greek epigraphers of his generation. Although he authored only a few monographs, his huge creative power was reflected overwhelmingly in hundreds of generally smaller articles that are remarkable for their extraordinary and precise density of explanation. Of course, the wealth of material is hardly manageable, and in addition was in part published in sources that are difficult to access. The reprint of these "Kleine Schriften" by Adolf Wilhelm thus constitutes a desideratum of the first order for the present age. The former Zentralantiquariat of the German Democratic Republic in Leipzig began such a reprint in 1974–84, publishing a total of 5 part-volumes but leaving around 174 articles still to be dealt with. In 2000, the ÖAW press published Volume II/3, which was very positively received in the academic world, inter alia at the Memorial Symposium for Adolf Wilhelm held in Athens from November 2 to 4, 2000. Vol. II/4 is now the second volume to be published by the ÖAW.