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The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Author’s Preface
  3. 3Glossary — Stories of Gods and Heroes
  4. 4Chapter II — Prometheus and Pandora
  5. 5Chapter III — Apollo and Daphne — Pyramus and Thisbe Cephalus and P…
  6. 6Chapter IV — Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto — Diana and Actae…
  7. 7Chapter V — Phaeton
  8. 8Chapter VI — Midas — Baucis and Philemon
  9. 9Chapter VII — Proserpine — Glaucus and Scylla
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Pygmalion — Dryope-Venus and Adonis — Apollo and Hya…
  11. 11Chapter IX — Ceyx and Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds
  12. 12Chapter X — Vertumnus and Pomona
  13. 13Chapter XI — Cupid and Psyche
  14. 14Chapter XII — Cadmus — The Myrmidons
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Nisus and Scylla — Echo and Narcissus — Clytie — Her…
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Minerva — Niobe
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Graeae or Gray-Maids — Perseus — Medusa — Atlas —…
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Monsters
  19. 19Chapter XVII — The Golden Fleece — Medea
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Meleager and Atalanta
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Hercules — Hebe and Ganymede
  22. 22Chapter XX — Theseus — Daedalus — Castor and Pollux
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Bacchus — Ariadne
  24. 24Chapter XXIX
  25. 25Chapter XXII — The Rural Deities — Erisichthon — Rhoecus — The Wate…
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — Achelous and Hercules — Admetus and Alcestis — Anti…
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Orpheus and Eurydice — Aristaeus — Amphion — Linus —…
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Arion — Ibycus — Simonides — Sappho
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Endymion — Orion — Aurora and Tithonus — Acis and Ga…
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — The Trojan War
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — The Fall of Troy — Return of the Greeks — Orestes…
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — Adventures of Ulysses — The Lotus-Eaters — Cyclopes…
  33. 33Chapter XXX — The Phaeacians — Fate of the Suitors
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — Adventures of Aeneas — The Harpies — Dido — Palinurus
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — The Infernal Regions — The Sibyl
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Camilla — Evander — Nisus and Euryalus — Mezentius…
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Pythagoras — Egyptian Deities — Oracles
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — Origin of Mythology — Statues of Gods and Goddesses…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Modern Monsters — The Phoenix — Basilisk — Unicorn…
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — Eastern Mythology — Zoroaster — Hindu Mythology —…
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII — Northern Mythology — Valhalla — The Valkyrior
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX — Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim
  43. 43Chapter XL — The Death of Baldur — The Elves — Runic Letters — Icel…
  44. 44Chapter XLI — The Druids — Iona
  45. 45Glossary

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