Gustav Benjamin Schwab (19 June 1792 – 4 November 1850) was a German writer, pastor and publisher.
German teacher, pastor, author and editor (1792-1850)
For people with a similar name, see Gustav Schwalbe (disambiguation).
Life
Gustav Schwab was born in Stuttgart, the son of the philosopher Johann Christoph Schwab: he was introduced to the humanities early in life. After attending Gymnasium Illustre,[1] he studied as a scholar of Tübinger Stift at University of Tübingen, his first two years studying Philology and Philosophy, and thereafter Theology. While at university he established a literary club and became a close friend of Ludwig Uhland, Karl Varnhagen and Justinus Kerner, with whom he published a collection of poems under the title Deutscher Dichterwald.
Schwab's collection of myths and legends of antiquity, Sagen des klassischen Altertums, published from 1838 to 1840, was widely used at German schools and became very influential for the reception of classical antiquity in German classrooms. There is a still available English translation with a foreword of Werner Jaeger
In his later years, he traveled regularly to Überlingen am Bodensee to enjoy the waters at the city's spa;[2] he died in Stuttgart in 1850.
Works
Gedichte (1828)
Das Buch der schönsten Geschichten und Sagen (1837)
Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1838–1840)
Gods and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient Greece (ISBN9780394734026)
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