Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne
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The religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct.
The so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men.
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- INTRODUCTIONSample
- ROMAN DIVINITIES
- PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA
- APOLLO AND DAPHNE—PYRAMUS AND THISBE—CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS
- APOLLO AND DAPHNE
- PYRAMUS AND THISBE
- CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS
- JUNO AND HER RIVALS, IO AND CALLISTO—DIANA AND ACTÆON—LATONA AND THE RUSTICS
- CALLISTO
- DIANA AND ACTÆON
- LATONA AND THE RUSTICS
- PHAËTON
- MIDAS—BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
- BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
- PROSERPINE—GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA
- GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA
- PYGMALION—DRYOPE—VENUS AND ADONIS—APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS
- DRYOPE
- VENUS AND ADONIS
- APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS
- CEYX AND HALCYONE: OR, THE HALCYON BIRDS
- VERTUMNUS AND POMONA
- CUPID AND PSYCHE
- CADMUS—THE MYRMIDONS
- THE MYRMIDONS
- NISUS AND SCYLLA—ECHO AND NARCISSUS—CLYTIE—HERO AND LEANDER NISUS AND SCYLLA
- ECHO AND NARCISSUS
- CLYTIE
- HERO AND LEANDER
- MINERVA—NIOBE MINERVA
- NIOBE
- THE GRÆÆ OR GRAY-MAIDS—PERSEUS—MEDUSA—ATLAS—ANDROMEDA THE GRÆÆ AND THE GORGONS
- PERSEUS AND MEDUSA
- PERSEUS AND ATLAS
- THE SEA-MONSTER
- THE WEDDING FEAST
- MONSTERS GIANTS, SPHINX, PEGASUS AND CHIMÆRA, CENTAURS, GRIFFIN, AND PYGMIES
- THE SPHINX
- PEGASUS AND THE CHIMÆRA
- THE CENTAURS
- THE PYGMIES
- THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON
- THE GOLDEN FLEECE—MEDEA THE GOLDEN FLEECE
- MEDEA AND ÆSON
- MELEAGER AND ATALANTA
- ATALANTA
- HERCULES—HEBE AND GANYMEDE HERCULES
- HEBE AND GANYMEDE
- THESEUS—DÆDALUS—CASTOR AND POLLUX THESEUS
- OLYMPIC AND OTHER GAMES
- DÆDALUS
- CASTOR AND POLLUX
- BACCHUS—ARIADNE BACCHUS
- ARIADNE
- THE RURAL DEITIES—ERISICHTHON—RHŒCUS—THE WATER DEITIES—CAMENÆ—WINDS THE RURAL DEITIES
- ERISICHTHON
- RHŒCUS
- THE WATER DEITIES
- NEPTUNE
- AMPHITRITE
- NEREUS AND DORIS
- TRITON AND PROTEUS
- THETIS
- THE WINDS
- ACHELOUS AND HERCULES—ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS—ANTIGONE—PENELOPE ACHELOUS AND HERCULES
- ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS
- ANTIGONE
- PENELOPE
- ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE—ARISTÆUS—AMPHION—LINUS—THAMYRIS—MARSYAS—MELAMPUS—MUSÆUS ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
- ARISTÆUS, THE BEE-KEEPER
- AMPHION
- THAMYRIS
- MARSYAS
- MELAMPUS
- MUSÆUS
- ARION—IBYCUS—SIMONIDES—SAPPHO
- ARION
- IBYCUS
- SIMONIDES
- SAPPHO
- ENDYMION—ORION—AURORA AND TITHONUS—ACIS AND GALATEA DIANA AND ENDYMION
- ORION
- AURORA AND TITHONUS
- ACIS AND GALATEA
- THE TROJAN WAR
- “THE ILIAD”
- THE FALL OF TROY—RETURN OF THE GREEKS—ORESTES AND ELECTRA THE FALL OF TROY
- MENELAUS AND HELEN
- AGAMEMNON, ORESTES, AND ELECTRA
- TROY
- ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES—THE LOTUS-EATERS—CYCLOPES—CIRCE—SIRENS—SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS—CALYPSO RETURN OF ULYSSES
- THE LÆSTRYGONIANS
- SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
- CALYPSO
- The PHÆACIANS—FATE OF THE SUITORS THE PHÆACIANS
- FATE OF THE SUITORS
- ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS—THE HARPIES—DIDO—PALINURUS ADVENTURES OF ÆNEAS
- DIDO
- PALINURUS
- THE INFERNAL REGIONS—THE SIBYL THE INFERNAL REGIONS
- ELYSIUM
- THE SIBYL
- CAMILLA—EVANDER—NISUS AND EURYALUS—MEZENTIUS—TURNUS
- OPENING THE GATES OF JANUS
- CAMILLA
- EVANDER
- INFANT ROME
- NISUS AND EURYALUS
- MEZENTIUS
- PALLAS, CAMILLA, TURNUS
- PYTHAGORAS—EGYPTIAN DEITIES—ORACLES PYTHAGORAS
- SYBARIS AND CROTONA
- EGYPTIAN DEITIES
- MYTH OF OSIRIS AND ISIS
- ORACLES
- ORACLE OF TROPHONIUS
- ORACLE OF ÆSCULAPIUS
- ORACLE OF APIS
- ORIGIN OF MYTHOLOGY—STATUES OF GODS AND GODDESSES—POETS OF MYTHOLOGY ORIGIN OF MYTHOLOGY
- STATUES OF THE GODS
- THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER
- THE MINERVA OF THE PARTHENON
- THE VENUS DE’ MEDICI
- THE APOLLO BELVEDERE
- THE DIANA A LA BICHE
- THE POETS OF MYTHOLOGY
- VIRGIL
- MODERN MONSTERS—THE PHŒNIX—BASILISK—UNICORN—SALAMANDER MODERN MONSTERS
- THE PHŒNIX
- THE COCKATRICE, OR BASILISK
- THE UNICORN
- THE SALAMANDER
- EASTERN MYTHOLOGY—ZOROASTER—HINDU MYTHOLOGY—CASTES—BUDDHA—GRAND LAMA ZOROASTER
- HINDU MYTHOLOGY
- VISHNU
- JUGGERNAUT
- CASTES
- BUDDHA
- THE GRAND LAMA
- PRESTER JOHN
- NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY—VALHALLA—THE VALKYRIOR NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY
- OF THE JOYS OF VALHALLA
- THE VALKYRIE
- OF THOR AND THE OTHER GODS
- OF LOKI AND HIS PROGENY
- HOW THOR PAID THE MOUNTAIN GIANT HIS WAGES
- THE RECOVERY OF THE HAMMER
- THOR’S VISIT TO JOTUNHEIM THOR’S VISIT TO JOTUNHEIM, THE GIANT’S COUNTRY
- THE DEATH OF BALDUR—THE ELVES—RUNIC LETTERS—ICELAND—TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY—NIBELUNGEN LIED THE DEATH OF BALDUR
- THE FUNERAL OF BALDUR
- THE ELVES
- RAGNAROK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
- RUNIC LETTERS
- THE SKALDS
- ICELAND
- TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY
- THE NIBELUNGEN LIED
- THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD
- WAGNER’S NIBELUNGEN RING
- THE DRUIDS—IONA DRUIDS
- IONA
- INTRODUCTION
- THE TRAINING OF A KNIGHT
- FREEMEN, VILLAINS, SERFS, AND CLERKS
- TOURNAMENTS
- MAIL ARMOR
- HELMETS
- ROMANCES
- METRICAL ROMANCES
- THE MYTHICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND
- LEIR
- FERREX AND PORREX
- DUNWALLO MOLMUTIUS
- BRENNUS AND BELINUS,
- ELIDURE
- LUD
- CASSIBELLAUNUS
- KYMBELINUS, OR CYMBELINE
- ARMORICA
- MERLIN
- CAER-MERDIN, OR CAERMARTHEN (IN WALES), MERLIN’S TOWER, AND THE IMPRISONED FIENDS.
- ARTHUR
- KING ARTHUR
- ARTHUR CHOSEN KING
- GUENEVER
- ARTHUR (Continued)
- KING ARTHUR SLAYS THE GIANT OF ST. MICHAEL’S MOUNT
- KING ARTHUR GETS A SWORD FROM THE LADY OF THE LAKE
- SIR GAWAIN
- SIR GAWAIN’S MARRIAGE
- CARADOC BRIEFBRAS; OR, CARADOC WITH THE SHRUNKEN ARM
- LAUNCELOT OF THE LAKE
- SIR LAUNCELOT
- THE ADVENTURE OF THE CART
- THE LADY OF SHALOTT
- QUEEN GUENEVER’S PERIL
- TRISTRAM AND ISOUDE
- TRISTRAM AND ISOUDE (Continued)
- SIR TRISTRAM’S BATTLE WITH SIR LAUNCELOT
- SIR TRISTRAM AS A SPORTSMAN
- THE ROUND TABLE
- SIR PALAMEDES
- SIR TRISTRAM
- PERCEVAL
- THE SANGREAL, OR HOLY GRAAL
- SIR GALAHAD
- SIR GAWAIN
- THE SANGREAL (Continued) SIR LAUNCELOT
- SIR PERCEVAL
- THE SANGREAL (Continued) SIR BOHORT
- SIR LAUNCELOT (Resumed)
- SIR GALAHAD
- SIR AGRIVAIN’S TREASON
- MORTE D’ARTHUR
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE
- THE BRITONS
- THE WELSH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- THE WELSH BARDS
- THE TRIADS
- THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN KYNON’S ADVENTURE
- THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN (Continued) OWAIN’S ADVENTURE[58]
- THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN (Continued) GAWAIN’S ADVENTURE
- THE ADVENTURE OF THE LION
- GERAINT, THE SON OF ERBIN
- GERAINT, THE SON OF ERBIN (Continued)
- GERAINT, THE SON OF ERBIN (Continued)
- PWYLL, PRINCE OF DYVED
- BRANWEN, THE DAUGHTER OF LLYR
- MANAWYDDAN
- KILWICH AND OLWEN
- KILWICH AND OLWEN (Continued)
- TALIESIN
- BEOWULF
- CUCHULAIN, CHAMPION OF IRELAND
- HEREWARD THE WAKE
- ROBIN HOOD
- INTRODUCTION
- THE PEERS, OR PALADINS
- ORLANDO
- ROLAND AND FERRAGUS
- A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER
- RINALDO
- THE TOURNAMENT
- THE SIEGE OF ALBRACCA
- ADVENTURES OF RINALDO AND ORLANDO
- THE INVASION OF FRANCE
- THE INVASION OF FRANCE (Continued)
- BRADAMANTE AND ROGERO
- ASTOLPHO AND THE ENCHANTRESS
- THE ORC
- ASTOLPHO’S ADVENTURES CONTINUED, AND ISABELLA’S BEGUN
- MEDORO
- ORLANDO MAD
- ZERBINO AND ISABELLA
- ASTOLPHO IN ABYSSINIA
- THE WAR IN AFRICA
- ROGERO AND BRADAMANTE
- THE BATTLE OF RONCESVALLES
- RINALDO AND BAYARD
- DEATH OF RINALDO
- HUON OF BORDEAUX
- HUON OF BORDEAUX (Continued)
- HUON OF BORDEAUX (Continued)
- OGIER, THE DANE
- OGIER, THE DANE (Continued)
- OGIER, THE DANE (Continued)
- No. 4. Page 45.
- No. 14. Page 265.
- QUOTED FROM THE POETS
- INDEX AND DICTIONARY