The age of fable : stories of gods and heroes /
Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867,
The age of fable : stories of gods and heroes / Thomas Bulfinch. - 1 online resource
Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in PDF (540 pages). Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional.
Prometheus and Pandora -- Apollo and Daphne ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Cephalus and Procris -- Juno and her rivals, Io and Callisto ; Diana and Actaeon ; Latona and the rustics -- Phaeton -- Midas ; Baucis and Philemon -- Proserpin ; Glaucus and Scylla -- Pygmalion ; Dryope-Venus and Adonis ; Apollo and Hyacinthus -- Ceyx and Halcyone : or, the Halcyon birds -- Vertumnus and Pomona -- Cupid and Psyche -- Cadmus ; the Myrmidons -- Nisus and Scylla ; Echo and Narcissus ; Clytie ; Hero and Leander -- Minerva ; Niobe -- The Graeae or Gray-maids ; Perseus ; Medusa ; Atlas ; Andromeda -- Monsters -- The golden fleece ; Medea -- Meleager and Atalanta -- Hercules ; Hebe and Ganymede -- Theseus ; Daedalus ; Castor and Pollux -- Bacchus ; Ariadne -- The rural deities ; Erisichthon ; Rhoecus ; the water deities ; Camenae ; Winds -- Achelous and Hercules ; Admetus and Alcestis ; Antigone ; Penelope -- Orpheus and Eurydice ; Aristaeus ; Amphion ; Linus ; Thamyris ; Marsyas ; Melampus ; Musaeus -- Arion ; Ibycus ; Simonides ; Sappho -- Endymion ; Orion ; Aurora and Tithonus ; Acis and Galatea -- The Trojan war -- The fall of Troy ; return of the Greeks ; Orestes and Electra -- Adventures of Ulysses ; the Lotus-eaters ; Cyclopes ; Circe ; Sirens ; Scylla and Charybdis ; Calypso -- The Phaeacians ; fate of the suitors -- Adventures of Aeneas ; the Harpies ; Dido ; Palinurus -- The infernal regions ; the Sibyl -- Camilla ; Evander ; Nisus and Euryalus ; Mezentius ; Turnus -- Pythagoras ; Egyptian deities ; oracles -- Origin of mythology ; statues of gods and goddesses ; poets of mythology -- Modern monsters ; the phoenix ; basilisk ; unicorn ; salamander -- Eastern mythology ; Zoroaster ; Hindu mythology ; castes ; Buddha ; Grand Lama -- Northern mythology ; Valhalla ; the Valkyrior -- Thor's visit to Jotunheim -- The death of Baldur ; the elves ; runic letters ; Iceland ; Teutonic mythology ; Nibelunged lied -- The druids ; Iona.
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.
9781775562955 1775562956 9781776524419 1776524411
Mythology.
Mythologie.
mythology (literary genre)
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Mythology
BL722
291
The age of fable : stories of gods and heroes / Thomas Bulfinch. - 1 online resource
Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in PDF (540 pages). Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional.
Prometheus and Pandora -- Apollo and Daphne ; Pyramus and Thisbe ; Cephalus and Procris -- Juno and her rivals, Io and Callisto ; Diana and Actaeon ; Latona and the rustics -- Phaeton -- Midas ; Baucis and Philemon -- Proserpin ; Glaucus and Scylla -- Pygmalion ; Dryope-Venus and Adonis ; Apollo and Hyacinthus -- Ceyx and Halcyone : or, the Halcyon birds -- Vertumnus and Pomona -- Cupid and Psyche -- Cadmus ; the Myrmidons -- Nisus and Scylla ; Echo and Narcissus ; Clytie ; Hero and Leander -- Minerva ; Niobe -- The Graeae or Gray-maids ; Perseus ; Medusa ; Atlas ; Andromeda -- Monsters -- The golden fleece ; Medea -- Meleager and Atalanta -- Hercules ; Hebe and Ganymede -- Theseus ; Daedalus ; Castor and Pollux -- Bacchus ; Ariadne -- The rural deities ; Erisichthon ; Rhoecus ; the water deities ; Camenae ; Winds -- Achelous and Hercules ; Admetus and Alcestis ; Antigone ; Penelope -- Orpheus and Eurydice ; Aristaeus ; Amphion ; Linus ; Thamyris ; Marsyas ; Melampus ; Musaeus -- Arion ; Ibycus ; Simonides ; Sappho -- Endymion ; Orion ; Aurora and Tithonus ; Acis and Galatea -- The Trojan war -- The fall of Troy ; return of the Greeks ; Orestes and Electra -- Adventures of Ulysses ; the Lotus-eaters ; Cyclopes ; Circe ; Sirens ; Scylla and Charybdis ; Calypso -- The Phaeacians ; fate of the suitors -- Adventures of Aeneas ; the Harpies ; Dido ; Palinurus -- The infernal regions ; the Sibyl -- Camilla ; Evander ; Nisus and Euryalus ; Mezentius ; Turnus -- Pythagoras ; Egyptian deities ; oracles -- Origin of mythology ; statues of gods and goddesses ; poets of mythology -- Modern monsters ; the phoenix ; basilisk ; unicorn ; salamander -- Eastern mythology ; Zoroaster ; Hindu mythology ; castes ; Buddha ; Grand Lama -- Northern mythology ; Valhalla ; the Valkyrior -- Thor's visit to Jotunheim -- The death of Baldur ; the elves ; runic letters ; Iceland ; Teutonic mythology ; Nibelunged lied -- The druids ; Iona.
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.
9781775562955 1775562956 9781776524419 1776524411
Mythology.
Mythologie.
mythology (literary genre)
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Mythology
BL722
291