The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art, Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855): Accompanied by an Interpretative and Illustrative CommentaryAn 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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... Origin of the World . Origin of the Gods . The Rule of Cronus . The War of the Titans . The Division of Empire . The Reign of Jupiter . The Origin of Man . Pro- metheus , a Creator . The Age of Gold . The Silver Age . Prometheus ...
... Origin of the World . Origin of the Gods . The Rule of Cronus . The War of the Titans . The Division of Empire . The Reign of Jupiter . The Origin of Man . Pro- metheus , a Creator . The Age of Gold . The Silver Age . Prometheus ...
Page xvi
... Origin . Iphigenia in Aulis . Protesilaus and Laodamia . Homer's Iliad . The Wrath of Achilles . The Enlistment of the Gods . Thetis intercedes for Achilles . Agamemnon calls a Council . Paris plays the Champion . Helen surveys the ...
... Origin . Iphigenia in Aulis . Protesilaus and Laodamia . Homer's Iliad . The Wrath of Achilles . The Enlistment of the Gods . Thetis intercedes for Achilles . Agamemnon calls a Council . Paris plays the Champion . Helen surveys the ...
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 |
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Achilles Adonis Æneas Æneid Agamemnon Ancient Marble Apollo Argos Ariadne arrows Athens Bacchus Balder Baumeister beauty brother Brünnhilde Cadmus called cave Ceres chariot Commentary Cronus Cupid Cyclopes dark daughter death deity Demeter Diana Dionysus divine earth Edipus Epic eyes father fell giant goddess gods golden Greece Greek Greek Vase Painting Hades hand heart heaven Hector Hercules Hermes hero Homer horse Iliad Illustrative immortal Jove Juno Jupiter king land Loki maiden Medea Meleager Mercury Metam Milton Minerva Minos monster mortal mother mythology myths Neptune Nibelungs night nymph Odin Odyssey Olympus oracle Ovid Paradise Lost Peleus Pelops Perseus poem poets Prometheus Proserpine Psyche queen race river Roman Rome Roscher sacred Satyr sculpture serpent Shakespeare Siegfried Sigurd sleep song spear stars story sword Thebes thee Theseus Thessaly Thor thou translation tree Trojan Trojan War Troy Tyndareus Ulysses Venus wife wind Wotan youth Zeus