Description
Thomas Bulfinch's "The Age of Fable; or Stories of Gods and Heroes" is a classic collection of ancient mythology. Is this collection are the following tales: Prometheus and Pandora, Apollo and Daphne -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Cephalus and Procris, Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto -- Diana and Actæon -- Latona and the Rustics, Phaëton, Midas -- Baucis and Philemon, Proserpine -- Glaucus and Scylla, Pygmalion -- Dryope -- Venus and Adonis -- Apollo and Hyacinthus, Ceyx and Halcyone, Vertumnus and Pomona -- Iphis and Anaxarete, Cupid and Psyche, Cadmus -- The Myrmidons, Nisus and Scylla -- Echo and Narcissus -- Clytie -- Hero and Leander, Minerva and Arachne -- Niobe, The Grææ and Gorgons -- Perseus and Medusa -- Atlas -- Andromeda, Monsters: Giants -- Sphinx -- Pegasus and Chimæra -- Centaurs -- Griffin -- Pygmies, The Golden Fleece -- Medea and Æson, Meleager and Atalanta, Hercules -- Hebe and Ganymede, Theseus and Dædalus -- Castor and Pollux -- Festivals and Games, Bacchus and Ariadne, The Rural Deities -- The Dryads and Erisichthon -- Rhoecus -- Water Deities -- Camenae -- Winds, Achelous and Hercules -- Admetus and Alcestis -- Antigone -- Penelope, Orpheus and Eurydice -- Aristæus -- 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 -- The Cyclopes -- Circe -- Sirens -- Scylla and Charybdis -- Calypso, The Phæacians -- Fate of the Suitors, Adventures of Æneas -- The Harpies -- Dido -- Palinurus, The Infernal Regions -- The Sibyl, Æneas in Italy -- Camilla -- Evander -- Nisus and Euryalus -- Mezentius -- Turnus, Pythagoras -- Egyptian Deities -- Oracles, Origin of Mythology -- Statues of Gods and Goddesses -- Poets of Mythology, Monsters (modern) -- The PhÅ"nix -- Basilisk -- Unicorn -- Salamander, Eastern Mythology -- Zoroaster -- Hindu Mythology -- Castes -- Buddha -- The Grand Lama -- Prester John, Northern Mythology -- Valhalla -- The Valkyrior, Thor's Visit to Jotunheim, The Death of Baldur -- The Elves -- Runic Letters -- Skalds -- Iceland, The Druids -- Iona, and Beowulf.