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The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch Author

A classic collection of myths from around the world.

Additional Details

Resource Type
e-text
Print Status
In Print
Stories
41
Suggested Grades
5th - 6th
Written
1855
URL
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/thgff10.txt

Stories

  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Prometheus and Pandora
  • 3 Apollo and Daphne - Pyramus and Thisbe- Cephalus and Procris
  • 4 Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto; Diana and Actaeon- Latona and the Rustics
  • 5 Phaeton
  • 6 Midas - Baucis and Philemon
  • 7 Proserpine - Glaucus adn scylla
  • 8 Pygmalion -- Dryope - Venus and Adonis- Apollo and Hyacinthus
  • 9 Ceyx and Halcyone
  • 10 Vertumnus and Pomona - Iphis and Anaxarete
  • 11 Cupid and Psyche
  • 12 Cadmus - The Myrmidons
  • 13 Nisus and Scylla- Echo and Narcissus - Clytie- Hero and Leander
  • 14 Minerva and Arachne - Niobe
  • 15 The Graeae and Gorgons - Perseus and Medusa - Atlas - Andromeda
  • 16 Monsters: Giants - Sphinx - Pegasus and Chimaera - Centaurs - Griffin- Pygmies
  • 17 The Golden Fleece - Medea
  • 18 Meleager and Atalanta
  • 19 Hercules - Hebe and Ganymede
  • 20 Theseus and Daedalus - Castor and Pollux - Festivals and Games
  • 21 Bacchus and Ariadne
  • 22 The Rural Deities - The Dryads and Erisichthon - Rhoecus- Water Deities - Camenae- Winds
  • 23 Achelous and Hercules - Admetus and Alcestis - Antigone - Penelope
  • 24 Orpheus and Eurydice - Aristaeus- Amphion- Linus-Thamyris- Marsyas- Melampus- Musaeus
  • 25 Arion- Ibycus- Simonides- Sappho
  • 26 Endymion-Orion-Aurora and Tithonus- Acis and Galatea
  • 27 The Trojan War
  • 28 The Fall of Troy- Return of the Greeks- Orestes and Electra
  • 29 Adventures of Ulysses - the Lotus-eaters - The Cyclopes-Circe-The Sirens- Scylla and Charybdis- Calypso
  • 30 The Phaeacians- Fate of the Suitors
  • 31 Adventures of Aeneas- The Harpies- Dido- Palinurus
  • 32 The Infernal Regions- The Sibyl
  • 33 Aeneas in Italy-Camilla-Evander-Nisus and Euryalus- Mezentius-Turnus
  • 34 Pythagoras- Egyptians Deities-Oracles
  • 35 Origin of Mythology - Statues of Gods and Goddesses- Poets of Mythology
  • 36 Monsters (Modern) - The Phoenix- Basilisk- Unicorn- Salamander
  • 37 Eastern Mythology - Zoroaster, Hundu Mythology- Castes- Buddha-The Grand Lama- Prester John
  • 38 Northern Mythology - Valhalla- The Valkyrior
  • 39 Thor's Visit to Jotunheim
  • 40 The Death of Baldur- The Elves- Runic Letters-Skalds-Iceland-Teutonic Mythology-The Nibelungen Lied-Wagner's Nibelungen ring
  • 41 The Druids- Iona

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