This inadvertently gave some insight to that particular point of view and the origin of some of the tales. It was also interesting because much of the 'history' - like King Aurthur's time - was written from Bulfinch's extremely Christian perspective. 'I love Mythology so this was a great book. Throughout the text, Bulfinch includes examples of literary interpretations of and allusions to the various stories and points out proverbial expressions that have their origins in the mythology he relates, making this a vital reference for students of literature as well as a delightfully vibrant collection of the stories that form our cultural heritage. Olympus to retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, from descriptions of mythological monsters to tales of Hindu and Egyptian deities, Bulfinch's versions of these classic stories bring their characters to life. This edition contains the full text of The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, the first volume of Bulfinch's seminal work.

He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.' - Book jacketĪ beautiful gift edition of Thomas Bulfinch's classic retelling of famous myths and folk legends, with interpretive essays by Princeton classics professor Richard P.First published in three separate volumes from 1855 to 1863, Bulfinch's Mythology quickly became the standard source of classic tales from ancient Greece and Rome, the Norse tradition, and beyond. For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities.

The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855) The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). 'For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths and the age of chivalry have been known. Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

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