The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER

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 Actæon — Latona and the Rustics
5. Phäeton
6. Midas — Baucis and Philemon
7. Proserpine — Glaucus and 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 Grææ 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 Dædalus — Castor and Pollux — Festivals and Games
21. Bacchus and Ariadne
22. The Rural Deities — The Dryads and Erisichthon — Rhœcus — Water Deities — Camenæ — Winds
23. Achelous and Hercules — Admetus and Alcestis — Antigone — Penelope
24. Orpheus and Eurydice — Aristæus — Amphion — Linus — Thamyris — Marsyas — Melampus — Musæus
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 — 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 — Egyptian Deities — Oracles
35. Origin of Mythology — Statues of Gods and Goddesses — Poets of Mythology
36. Monsters (modern) — The Phœnix — Basilisk — Unicorn — Salamander
37. Eastern Mythology — Zoroaster — Hindu 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

Glossary