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Age of Fable : Stories of Gods and Heroes.
Title:
Age of Fable : Stories of Gods and Heroes.
Author:
Bulfinch, Thomas.
ISBN:
9781776524419
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (541 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Author's Preface -- Chapter I - Introduction -- Chapter II - Prometheus and Pandora -- Chapter III - Apollo and Daphne-Pyramus and Thisbe Cephalus and Procris -- Chapter IV - Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto-Diana and Actaeon-Latona and the Rustics -- Chapter V - Phaeton -- Chapter VI - Midas-Baucis and Philemon -- Chapter VII - Proserpine-Glaucus and Scylla -- Chapter VIII - Pygmalion-Dryope-Venus and Adonis-Apollo and Hyacinthus -- Chapter IX - Ceyx and Halcyone: Or, the Halcyon Birds -- Chapter X - Vertumnus and Pomona -- Chapter XI - Cupid and Psyche -- Chapter XII - Cadmus-The Myrmidons -- Chapter XIII - Nisus and Scylla-Echo and Narcissus-Clytie-Hero and Leander -- Chapter XIV - Minerva-Niobe -- Chapter XV - The Graeae or Gray-Maids-Perseus-Medusa-Atlas-Andromeda -- Chapter XVI - Monsters -- Chapter XVII - The Golden Fleece-Medea -- Chapter XVIII - Meleager and Atalanta -- Chapter XIX - Hercules-Hebe and Ganymede -- Chapter XX - Theseus-Daedalus-Castor and Pollux -- Chapter XXI - Bacchus-Ariadne -- Chapter XXII - The Rural Deities-Erisichthon-Rhoecus-The Water Deities- Camenae-Winds -- Chapter XXIII - Achelous and Hercules-Admetus and Alcestis-Antigone-Penelope -- Chapter XXIV - Orpheus and Eurydice-Aristaeus-Amphion-Linus-Thamyris- Marsyas-Melampus-Musaeus -- Chapter XXV - Arion-Ibycus-Simonides-Sappho -- Chapter XXVI - Endymion-Orion-Aurora and Tithonus-Acis and Galatea -- Chapter XXVII - The Trojan War -- Chapter XXVIII - The Fall of Troy-Return of the Greeks-Orestes and Electra -- Chapter XXIX - Adventures of Ulysses-The Lotus-Eaters-Cyclopes-Circe-Sirens -Scylla and Charybdis-Calypso -- Chapter XXX - The Phaeacians-Fate of the Suitors -- Chapter XXXI - Adventures of Aeneas-The Harpies-Dido-Palinurus -- Chapter XXXII - The Infernal Regions-The Sibyl.

Chapter XXXIII - Camilla-Evander-Nisus and Euryalus-Mezentius-Turnus -- Chapter XXXIV - Pythagoras-Egyptian Deities-Oracles -- Chapter XXXV - Origin of Mythology-Statues of Gods and Goddesses-Poets of Mythology -- Chapter XXXVI - Modern Monsters-The Phoenix-Basilisk-Unicorn-Salamander -- Chapter XXXVII - Eastern Mythology-Zoroaster-Hindu Mythology-Castes-Buddha- Grand Lama -- Chapter XXXVIII - Northern Mythology-Valhalla-The Valkyrior -- Chapter XXXIX - Thor's Visit to Jotunheim -- Chapter XL - The Death of Baldur-The Elves-Runic Letters-Iceland-Teutonic Mythology-Nibelungen Lied -- Chapter XLI - The Druids-Iona -- Glossary -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
Long regarded as one of the most significant collectors and interpreters of folklore and mythology, Thomas Bulfinch was an esteemed but not affluent scholar from Massachusetts who set about making the world's folk tales accessible to the lay reader. In this, Bulfinch's first published work, he explores ancient Greek and Roman folk tales and their interpretation by various authors over the course of thousands of years.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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