Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

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Author

Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867

Credits

Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Folklore -- Europe

Category

Text

eBook-No.

3327

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3327

Release Date

July 1, 2002

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY THE AGE OF FABLE
2. 2.CONTENTS — Chapter I — CHAPTER II — PYTHON — APOLLO AND DAPHNE — PYRAMUS AND THISBE — CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS — Chapter III — CALLISTO — DIANA AND ACTAEON — LATONA AND THE RUSTICS — PHAETON — Chapter IV — BAUCIS AND PHILEMON — PROSERPINE — GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA — Chapter V — DRYOPE — VENUS AND ADONIS — APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS — CEYX AND HALCYONE: OR, THE HALCYON BIRDS — Chapter VI — CUPID AND PSYCHE
3. 3.Chapter VII — THE MYRMIDONS — Chapter VIII — ECHO AND NARCISSUS — CLYTIE — HERO AND LEANDER — Chapter IX — UPON A LADY'S EMBROIDERY — NIOBE — THE GRAEAE AND GORGONS — PERSEUS AND MEDUSA — PERSEUS AND ATLAS — THE WEDDING FEAST — Chapter X — THE SPHINX — PEGASUS AND THE CHIMAERA — THE CENTAURS — THE PYGMIES — THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON — Chapter XI — MEDEA AND AESON — THE CALYDONIAN HUNT. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA — ATALANTA — Chapter XII — HEBE AND GANYMEDE — Chapter XIII — OLYMPIC AND OTHER GAMES — DAEDALUS — CASTOR AND POLLUX — Chapter XIV — ARIADNE — Chapter XV — ERISICHTHON — RHOECUS — THE WATER DEITIES — NEPTUNE — AMPHITRITE — NEREUS AND DORIS — TRITON AND PROTEUS — THETIS — LEUCOTHEA AND PALAEMON — THE CAMENAE — THE WINDS — Chapter XVI — ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS — ANTIGONE — PENELOPE — Chapter XVII — ARISTAEUS, THE BEE-KEEPER — AMPHION — LINUS — THAMYRIS — MARSYAS — MELAMPUS — MUSAEUS — Chapter XVIII — ARION — IBYCUS — SIMONIDES — Chapter XIX — ORION — AURORA AND TITHONUS. — ACIS AND GALATEA — Chapter XX — THE ILIAD — Chapter XXI — MENELAUS AND HELEN — AGAMEMNON, ORESTES, AND ELECTRA — TROY — Chapter XXII — THE LAESTRYGONIANS — SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS — CALYPSO — Chapter XXIII — FATE OF THE SUITORS — Chapter XXIV — DIDO — PALINURUS — Chapter XXV — ELYSIUM — THE SIBYL — Chapter XXVI — OPENING THE GATES OF JANUS — CAMILLA — EVANDER — NISUS AND EURYALUS — MEZENTIUS — Chapter XXVII — SYBARIS AND CROTONA — EGYPTIAN DEITIES — MYTH OF OSIRIS AND ISIS — ORACLES — ORACLE OF TROPHONIUS — ORACLE OF AESCULAPIUS — ORACLE OF APIS — Chapter XXVIII — STATUES OF THE GODS — THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER — THE MINERVA OF THE PARTHENON — THE VENUS DE' MEDICI — THE APOLLO BELVEDERE — THE DIANA A LA BICHE — THE VENUS OF MELOS — THE POETS OF MYTHOLOGY — VIRGIL — OVID — Chapter XXIX — THE PHOENIX — THE COCKATRICE, OR BASILISK — THE UNICORN — THE SALAMANDER — Chapter XXX — HINDU MYTHOLOGY — VISHNU — SIVA — JUGGERNAUT — CASTES — BUDDHA — THE GRAND LAMA — PRESTER JOHN — Chapter XXXI — OF THE JOYS OF VALHALLA — THE VALKYRIOR — THOR — OF LOKI AND HIS PROGENY — HOW THOR PAID THE MOUNTAIN GIANT HIS WAGES — THE RECOVERY OF THE HAMMER — Chapter XXXII — Chapter XXXIII — THE FUNERAL OF BALDUR — THE ELVES — RAGNABOK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS — RUNIC LETTERS — THE SKALDS — ICELAND — Chapter XXXIV — IONA — SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF GREEK SCULPTURE

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