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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
(1855)
Here the myths of Greek and Roman Gods
and Heroes Hercules, Orpheus, Pan, Zeus
and many others from Ovid and Virgil are retold.
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- Preface
- Ch. 1: Introduction
- Ch. 2: Prometheus and Pandora
- Ch. 3: Io and Callisto, Diana and Actaeon
- Ch. 4: Midas, Baucis, Pluto, and Proserpine
- Ch. 5: Pygmalion, Venus and Adonis, Apollo, and Halcyone
- Ch. 6: Vertumnus and Pomona, Cupid and Psyche
- Ch. 7: Cadmus and the Myrmidons
- Ch. 8: Nisus and Scylla, Echo and Narcissus, Hero and Leander
- Ch. 9: Minerva and Arachne, Niobe, Perseus
- Ch. 10: Sphinx, Pegasus and the Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, Pygmies
- Ch. 11: Golden Fleece, Medea,The Calydonian Hunt
- Ch. 12: Hercules, Hebe and Ganymede
- Ch. 13: Theseus, Daedalus, Castor and Pollux
- Ch. 14: Bacchus, Ariadne
- Ch. 15: Rural Deities, Rhoecus, Water Deities
- Ch. 16: Hercules, Alcestis, Antigone, Penelope
- Ch. 17: Orpheus and Eurydice, Artistaeus, Linus, Musaeus
- Ch. 18: Arion, Ibycus, Simonides, Sappho
- Ch. 19: Endymion, Orion, Aurora, Galatea
- Ch. 20: The Trojan War
- Ch. 21: Fall of Troy, Return of Greeks, Orestes and Electra
- Ch. 22: Ulysses, Lotus Eaters, Cyclopes, Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, Calypso
- Ch. 23: The Odyssey (continued)
- Ch. 24: AEneas, Harpies, Dido, Palinurus
- Ch. 25: The Infernal Regions, Sibyl
- Ch. 26: Camilla, Evander, Nisus, Euryalus, Mezentius, Turnus
- Ch. 27: Pythagoras, Egyptian Deities, Oracles
- Ch. 28: Origin of Mythology, Statues of Gods and Goddesses, Poets
- Ch. 29: Modern Monsters: Phoenix, Basilisk, Unicorn, Salamander
- Ch. 30: Eastern Mythology, Zoroaster, Hindu, Castes, Buddha
- Ch. 31: Northern Mythology: Valhalla, Valkyrior
- Ch. 32: Thor's Visit to Jotunheim
- Ch. 33: Death of Baldur, Elves, Runes, Iceland
- Ch. 34: Druids, Iona
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I'm an italian student and for my degree I have to translate an English book that is never be translated into italian, so I would like to know if "the age of fable" by Thomas Bulfinch is never be translated into italian, please, I'd be grateful if you would help me. Obviously, my aim is not for profit, but only for a school aim. Thank you very much Alessandra
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hello, i'm an italian student and i'm a writing a dissertation on the "finnsburh fragment" and his connection to the scop's story in Beowulf. i've already translated it into italian by myself, but i would like to check it with a more precise transltion. morover i can't find a proper and specific explanation of the anglo-saxon metre, can you help me please? i would be grateful. thank you in advance, clo
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