Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto--Diana and Actaeon--Latona and the Rustics

Myths

Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

by Thomas BULFINCH (1796 - 1867)

Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is a recording of the tenth edition of the first volume, The Age of Fable. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. (Summary by Kathleen Gatliffe aka TetoYasha)

Listen next episodes of Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable:
Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope , Adventures of Aeneas--The Harpies--Dido--Palinurus , Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-eaters--The Cyclopes--Circe--Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--Calypso , Aeneas in Italy--Camilla--Evander--Nisus and Euryalus --Mezentius--Turnus , Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--Sappho , Bacchus and Ariadne , Cadmus--The Myrmidons , Ceyx and Halcyone , Cupid and Psyche , Eastern Mythology--Zoroaster--Hindu Mythology--Castes--Buddha--The Grand Lama--Prester John , Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and Galatea , Hercules--Hebe and Ganymede , Meleager and Atalanta , Midas--Baucis and Philemon , Minerva and Arachne--Niobe , Monsters: Giants--Sphinx--Pegasus and Chimaera--Centaurs--Griffin--Pygmies , Monsters (modern)--The Phoenix--Basilisk--Unicorn--Salamander , Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narcissus--Clytie--Hero and Leander , Northern Mythology--Valhalla--The Valkyrior , Origin of Mythology--Statues of Gods and Goddesses --Poets of Mythology , Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion--Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus --Musaeus , Phaeton , Proserpine--Glaucus and Scylla , Pygmalion--Dryope--Venus and Adonis--Apollo and Hyacinthus , Pythagoras--Egyptian Deities--Oracles , The Death of Baldur--The Elves--Runic Letters--Skalds--Iceland--Teutonic Mythology--The Nibelungen Lied--Wagner's Nibelungen Ring , The Druids--Iona , The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and Electra , The Golden Fleece--Medea , The Graeae and Gorgons--Perseus and Medusa--Atlas--Andromed , The Infernal Regions--The Sibyl , The Phaeacians--Fate of the Suitors , The Rural Deities--The Dryads and Erisichthon--Rhoecus--Water Deities--Camenae--Winds , The Trojan War , Theseus and Daedalus--Castor and Pollux--Festivals and Games , Thor's Visit to Jotunheim , Vertumnus and Pomona--Iphis and Anaxarete