The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art, Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855): Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative Commentary

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Biblo & Tannen Publishers, 1995 - Art - 597 pages
An illustrated anthology of classical myths, based on Bulfinch's nineteenth-century "Age of Fable," examining myths of divinities and heroes, and including commentary.

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Contents

Purpose of the Study The Fable and the Myth Origin of the World
16
THE GODS OF HEAVEN
25
THE GODS OF EARTH
43
THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD
49
THE GODS OF THE WATERS
55
THE ROMAN DIVINITIES
59
MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES
152
FROM THE EARTH TO THE UNDER
159
THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS
261
HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TROJAN
269
THE TROJAN WAR
277
THE FALL OF TROY
307
The Fall of Troy The Death of Achilles Contest for the Arms of Achilles
317
ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS
345
THE WAR BETWEEN TROJANS
362
MYTHS OF THE NORSE GODS
373

Myths of Ceres Pluto and Proserpine The Rape of Proserpine
165
MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES
172
MYTHS OF THE LESSER DIVINITIES
181
MYTHS OF LESSER DIVINITIES OF
198
The Older and the Younger Heroes The Genealogy of Danaüs
225
THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS
229
THE FAMILY OF ATOLUS AND
237
The Calydonian Hunt Merope Castor and Pollux The Twin Brethren
243
THE HOUSE OF CECROPS AND ERICH
249
MYTHS OF NORSE AND OLD GER
398
THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG
410
Wagners Tetralogy The Rhinegold The Valkyrie Siegfried
419
PART II
431
THE DISTRIBUTION OF MYTHS
447
COMMENTARY
465
RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION
541
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS AND ARTISTS
582
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