Karl Friedrich Hermann (4 August 1804 – 31 December 1855) was a German classical scholar and antiquary.
In 1842 he transferred to Göttingen as the chair of philology and archaeology, vacant by the death of Otfried Müller.
[2][1] His knowledge of all branches of classical learning was profound, but he was chiefly distinguished for his works on Greek antiquities and ancient philosophy.
Among these may be mentioned, the Lehrbuch der griechischen Antiquitäten (1858) dealing with political, religious and domestic antiquities; the Geschichte und System der Platonischen Philosophie (1839), unfinished; an edition of the Platonis Dialogi ("Platonic dialogues"), 6 volumes, (1851–1853); and Culturgeschichte der Griechen und Römer (1857), published after his death by Karl Gustav Schmidt.
[3] He also edited the text of Juvenal and Persius (1854) and Lucian's De conscribenda historia (1828).