Bulfinch's mythology
Subtitle: The age of fable
By: with a foreword by Robert Graves ; illustrated by Joseph Papin
Contributors: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985; Papin, Joseph
Publisher: International Collectors Library
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Mythology; Folklore
Other titles: Age of fable; Mythology
Work titles: Age of fable
Description: Relates stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. Hopes to teach mythology as a relaxation from study, and to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education. Most of the classical legends are derived from Ovid and Virgil. The attempt has been made to tell the stories in prose.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prometheus and Pandora; title: Apollo and Daphne; title: Pyramus and Thisbe; title: Cephalus and Procris; title: Juno and her rivals, Io and Callisto; title: Diana and Actæon; title: Latona and the rustics; title: Phaëton; title: Midas; title: Baucis and Philemon; title: Prosperine; title: Glaucus and Scylla; title: Pygmalion; title: Dryope; title: Venus and Adonis; title: Apollo and Hyacinthus; title: Ceyx and Halcyone, or, The Halcyon birds; title: Vertumnus and Pomona; title: Cupid and Psyche; title: Cadmus; title: The myrmidons; title: Nisus and Scylla; title: Echo and Narcissus; title: Clytie; title: Hero and Leander; title: Minerva; title: Niobe; title: The Grææ and gorgons; title: Monsters: Giants; title: Sphinx; title: Pegasus and the Chimæra; title: Centaurs; title: Pygmies; title: Griffin; title: Jason and the Golden fleece; title: Medea and Æson; title: Meleager and Atalanta; title: Hercules; title: Hebe and Ganymede; title: Theseus; title: Olynpic games; title: Dædelus; title: Castor and Pollux; title: Bacchus and Ariadne; title: Rural dieties; title: Erisichthn; title: Rhœcus; title: Water deities : Neptune, Amphitrite, Nereus and Doris, Triton and Proteus, Thetis, Leucothea and Palæmon; title: The Camenæ; title: The winds; title: Achelous and Hercules; title: Admetus and Alcestis; title: Antigone; title: Penelope; title: Orpheus and Eurydice; title: Aristæus; title: Amphion; title: Linus; title: Thamyris; title: Marsyas; title: Melampus; title: Musæus; title: Arion; title: Ibycus; title: Simonides; title: Sappho; title: Endymion; title: Orion; title: Aurora and Tithonus; title: Acis and Galatea; title: The Trojan War; title: "The illiad"; title: The fall of Troy; title: Menelaus and Helen; title: Agamemnon, Orestes and Electra; title: Adventures of Ulysses: Lotus eaters; title: Cyclopses; title: Læstrygonians; title: Circe; title: Sirens; title: Scylla and Charybdis; title: Calypso; title: Adventures of Ulysses: The Phæacians; title: Fate of the suitors; title: Adventures of Æneas: The harpies; title: Dido; title: Palinuris; title: Adventures of Æneas: The infernal regions; title: Elysioum; title: The sibyl; title: Adventures of Æneas: Italy; title: Gates of Janus; title: Camilla; title: Evander; title: Rome; title: Nisus and Euryalus; title: Mezentius; title: Pallas, Camilla, Turnus; title: Pythagoras; title: Sybaris and Crotona; title: Egyptian dieties: Osiris and Isis; title: The oracles: Jupiter, Apollo, Trophunius, Æsculapius, Apis; title: Origin of mythology; title: Statues of gods: Jupiter, Minerva, Venus, Apollo, Diana; title: Poets of mythology: Virgil, Ovid; title: Monsters (modern); title: The phoenix; title: The basilisk; title: Unicorn; title: Salamander; title: Eastern mythology: Zoroaster; title: Hindu mythology: Vishnu, Siva, Juggernaut; title: Castes; title: Buddha; title: Grand Lama; title: Prester John; title: Northern mythology: Valhalla; title: The valkyrior; title: Thor; title: Loki; title: Thor's visit to Jotunheim; title: The death of Baldur; title: The elves; title: Runic letters; title: Skalds; title: Iceland; title: The druids; title: Iona; title: Beowulf.