Myths of Greece and Rome

Myths of Greece and Rome / by Thomas Bulfinch ; compiled by Bryan Holme ; with an introduction by Joseph Campbell.

An illlustrated edition of Bulfinch's "The Age of Fable," featuring retellings of a selection of myths from ancient Greece and Rome, complemented by mythologically inspired works of art.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867
Other Authors: Holme, Bryan, 1913-1990
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1981, c1979.
Subjects:
Mythology, Classical.
Mythology, Classical, in art.
Uniform Title:Age of fable
Table of Contents:
  • I. Stories of gods and heroes
  • II. Prometheus and Pandora
  • III. Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procris
  • IV. Juno and her rivals, Io and Callisto, Diana and Acxtaeon, Latona and the rustics
  • V. Phaeton
  • VI. Midas - Baucis and Philemon VII. Proserpine, Glaucus and Scylla
  • VIII. Pygmalion, Dryope, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus
  • IX. Ceyx and Halcyone: or, the Halcyon birds
  • X. Vertumnus and Pomona, Iphis and Anaxarete
  • XI. Cupid and Psyche
  • XII. Cadmus, the Myrmidons
  • XIII. Nisus and Scylla, Echo and Narcissus, Clytie, Hero and Leander and Arachne XIV. Minerva, Niobe
  • XV. The Graeae and the Gorgons, Perseus and Medusa, Atlas, Andromeda
  • XVI. Monsters: Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus and Chimera, centaurs, Griffin, pygmies
  • XVII The Golden fleece, Medea
  • XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta
  • XIX. Hercules, Hebe and Ganymede
  • XX. Theseus and Daedalus, Castor and Pollux, festivals and games
  • XXI. Bacchus and Ariadne
  • XXII. The Rural deities, the Dryads and Erisichthon, Rhoecus, the water deities, Carmenae, winds
  • XXIII. Achelous and Hercules, Admetus and Alcestis, Antigone, Penelope
  • XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice, Aristaeus, Amphion, Linus, Thamyris, Marsysas, Melampus, Musaeus
  • XXV. Arion, Ibycus, Simonides, Sappho
  • XXVI. Endymion, Orion, Aurora and Tithonus, Acis and Galatea
  • XXVII. The Trojan war
  • XXVIII. The Fall of Troy, Return of the Greeks Orestes and Electra
  • XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses, the lotus-eaters, the Cyclopes, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, Calypso
  • XXX. The Phaeacians, fate of the suitors
  • XXXI. Adventures of Aeneas, the harpies, Dido, Palinurus
  • XXXII. The Infernal regions, the Sibyl
  • XXXIII. Aeneas in Italy, Camilla, Evander, Nisus and Euryalus, Mezentius, Turnus, a chart: the descent of the gods.

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