Gustav Schwab

Gustav Schwab (1792-1850) was a German author, teacher, and professor. From 1828, Schwab worked at Johann Friedrich Cotta's eponymous publishing house in Stuttgart, where he was a patron and mentor of young authors. His seminal Sagen des klassischen Altertums (Gods and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient Greece, 1838-1840) is an indispensable standard work of Greek mythology that has popularized its tales in Germany and across the globe.