Marion Gable

Marion Giebel , née Müller (* 1939 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German classical philologist and editor , author , translator and editor in the field of ancient Greco-Roman literature.

After studying Classical Philology and German Philology, Marion Giebel (under the name Marion Müller) received her doctorate in Frankfurt from Harald Patzer in 1965 with a dissertation on Athena as the divine helper in the Odyssey . She then completed an apprenticeship in publishing and edited ancient and German literature as a publishing editor. She then went on to work as a freelance science writer as well as a translator and editor. She regularly accompanied them with radio broadcasts and events at adult education centers. She lives near Munich.

She is best known for her biographies published in the series of monographs by Rowohlt Verlag and her editions and translations of Greek and Latin texts ( Sophocles , Plutarch , Musaios ; Livius , Cicero , Augustus , Velleius Paterculus , Seneca , Quintilian , Pliny the Younger , Suetonius ) as well as various publications on ancient subjects (the oracle of Delphi , travel, ancient mystery cults , animals, dreams, gardens, literary guide through Italy) and various flora .

In 2019, Marion Giebel was awarded the Pegasus Pin by the German Association of Classical Philology . The award recognizes her outstanding achievement in making the culture and literature of the Greeks and Romans accessible to people today in countless publications in a vivid and surprisingly contemporary way.

Fonts (selection)

dissertation

Athena as a divine helper in the Odyssey. Investigations into the Epic Aristia . Heidelberg 1966 (Dissertation Frankfurt am Main 1965, as Marion Müller).

Rowohlt's monographs. With testimonials and photo documents. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek

Cicero (1977)
Sappho (1980)
Augustus (1984)
Virgil (1986)
Ovid (1991)
Seneca (1997)

Further biography

Emperor Julian the Apostate. The return of the old gods. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf-Zurich 2002.

Editions in one, two and three languages with explanations below

Augustus, Res gestae - Report of Acts (Monumentum Ancyranum). Lat./Gr./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 1975.
Plutarch, Alexander - Caesar. Reclam, Stuttgart 1980, bibliographically supplemented edition 2004.
Homer, Iliad. Translation by Johann Heinrich Voss, afterword and notes by Marion Giebel. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1980.
Homer, Odyssey. Translation by Johann Heinrich Voss, afterword and notes by Marion Giebel. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1980.
Velleius Paterculus, Historia Romana. Roman history. Latin / German Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, bibliographically amended edition 1998.
Sophocles, Antigone. Explanations and documents. Reclam, Stuttgart 1992.
with Heribert Philips: Pliny, Epistulae - Letters in selection. Lat./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 1998, revised edition 2010.
Seneca, life is short! Reclam, Stuttgart 2007.
Musaios, Hero and Leander. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 2009.
Cicero, don't be afraid of getting older! Reclam, Stuttgart 2010.
with Robert Feger, Ludwig Fladerer: Livius, Ab urbe condita. Libri I - V - Roman History. 1st - 5th book. Lat./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015.
Seneca, letters to Lucilius on ethics , complete edition in 2 parts. Ed., Comm. And epilogue: Marion Giebel, translators: Heinz Gunermann, Franz Loretto, Rainer Rauthe. Lat./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, 2018.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Laelius de amicitia - Laelius on friendship . Lat./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015.
Plutarch, happiness - food for thought from ancient times. Reclam, Stuttgart 2018.
Plutarch, old age working? - Food for thought from ancient times. Reclam, Stuttgart 2019.
Seneca, how much luxury do people need? - What does it all mean? Reclam, Stuttgart 2020.
Cicero, speeches against Verres. Lat / German complete edition. Transl. Gerhard Krüger, note and follow-up Gerhard Krüger; Marion Gable. Reclam, Stuttgart 2020.

Factual issues

Plutarch, is it allowed to eat animals? Thoughts from ancient times. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015.
The secret of the mysteries. Ancient cults in Rome, Greece and Egypt. Zurich-Munich 1990, ND Düsseldorf-Zurich 2000.
Travel in ancient times. Düsseldorf-Zurich 1999.
The Oracle at Delphi. History and texts. Gr./Lat./Dt. Reclam, Stuttgart 2001.
Animals in ancient times. Darmstadt-Stuttgart 2003.
Dreams in ancient times. Reclam, Stuttgart 2006.
Poet emperor philosopher. A literary guide to ancient Italy. Reclam, Stuttgart 2007
Roses and vines. Gardens in ancient times. Primus-WBG, Darmstadt 2011.

Florilegia

Cicero for pleasure. A selection from his works and letters. Reclam, Stuttgart 1997.
Seneca for pleasure. A selection from his works and letters. Reclam, Stuttgart, 2014.
Vade mecum. Homer, Cicero & Co. on the go. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME	Gable, Marion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Müller, Marion (former name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German classical philologist, editor, author, translator and editor
DATE OF BIRTH	1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main