Gustav Schwab (1792–1850)
Author of Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
About the Author
Gustav Schwab (1792-1850) was a minister, teacher, writer & editor who lived in Stuttgart, Germany. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
Series
Works by Gustav Schwab
Die schönsten Sagen des klassichen Altertums (bearb. von Hans Friedrich Blunck) (1989) 72 copies, 2 reviews
Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums : nach seinen Dichtern und Erzählern ; Gesamtausgabe in drei Teilen (1996) 20 copies
Sagen des klassischen Altertums - Erweiterte Ausgabe: Mit einem neuen Vorwort zur Einführung (2014) 6 copies
Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums. Mit Zeichnungen von Willy Widmann. Für die Jugend neu… (1960) 5 copies
As Mais Belas Histórias Da Antiguidade Classica - Volume 3 (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (1996) 5 copies
Hamburger Lesehefte : Griechische Sagen: Eine Auswahl — Text — 2 copies
Die Deutschen Volksbücher : Erster Teil : Der gehörnte Siegfried und andere Erzählungen (1918) 2 copies
Griechische Sagen – Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums (Illustriert): Prometheus, Herkules,… (2016) 2 copies
Mitos de Troia, Os - Vol.2 - Colecao As Mais Belas Historias da Antiguidade Classica (2015) 2 copies
Deutsche Volksbücher Erster Band 2 copies
Deutsche Volksbücher Zweiter Band 2 copies
Dietrich von Bern 2 copies
Die Feste des Priamos 1 copy
Griekse Mythen en Sagen 1 copy
Klassische Sagen 1 copy
Die schönsten Sagen des Klassischen Altertums: Die Sagen von Prometheus, den Argonauten, Herakles, Theseus, Ödipus… (1997) 1 copy
Die Sagen Trojas 1 copy
Die Schweiz in ihren Ritterburgen und Bergschl©œssern historisch dargestellt von vaterl©Þndischen… 1 copy
Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums: Nach seinen Dichtern und Erzählern von Gustav Schwab. Teil 3 (1999) 1 copy
Schiller's Leben 1 copy
Homeros'e Odysseus 1 copy
Heraklio žygiai 1 copy
Kleine Sagen des Alterthums 1 copy
Gods and heroes 1 copy
Homeros'e Ilias 1 copy
Associated Works
Eduard Mörike Werke und Briefe - Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe: Bearbeitung fremder Werke / Kritische Beratungen… (1968) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Schwab, Gustav
- Legal name
- Schwab, Gustav Benjamin
- Birthdate
- 1792-06-19
- Date of death
- 1850-11-04
- Burial location
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Place of death
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Places of residence
- Stuttgart, Germany
Gomaringen, Germany - Education
- Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany
- Occupations
- clergyman
teacher
writer
publisher
Members
Reviews
Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums by Gustav Schwab
This is a reprint in a cheap publishing house and it was impossible to me to find out who was the illustrator. I don't think, it is John Flaxman, but it comes close to his style. It also doesn't mention the original publisher for this edition nor its editor, (who, I think, is Hans Friedrich Blunck), nor what the cover depicts and its source, but at least says on the dust cover flap that it had been modified and slightly shortened.
A treasure house of the ancient tales and legends.
Pantheon has always done a wonderful job of publishing comprehensive and engaging volumes with their series of folklore works and Schwab's work carries on the tradition perfectly.
There's not much I really can say considering the stories represented here are age-old and known throughout countless generations. Rather I'll praise the thorough job done in compiling all the stories. There's no need to jump from book to book anymore when studying the different tales or history making it wonderful for a reference as well as entertainment. The language it's presented in isn't stuffy like so many anthologies of mythology tend to be making a classic subject very approachable.… (more)
There's not much I really can say considering the stories represented here are age-old and known throughout countless generations. Rather I'll praise the thorough job done in compiling all the stories. There's no need to jump from book to book anymore when studying the different tales or history making it wonderful for a reference as well as entertainment. The language it's presented in isn't stuffy like so many anthologies of mythology tend to be making a classic subject very approachable.… (more)
Seit Gustav Schwab, ein jüngerer Zeitgenosse der Gebrüder Grimm, erstmals seine berühmte Sammlung antiker Sagen erscheinen ließ, blieb sie bis heute das umfangreichste und vollständigste Werk dieser Art. Aus den verschiedensten antiken Quellen wurde hier das gesamte Sagengut zusammengetragen und eindrucksvoll nacherzählt.
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Statistics
- Works
- 128
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,848
- Popularity
- #13,925
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 16
- ISBNs
- 158
- Languages
- 14