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Tables of Contents for The Age of Fable
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Thomas Bulfinch
6
1
Foreword
7
3
Giovanni Caselli
Preface
10
3
I. Introduction
13
5
II. Prometheus and Pandora
18
5
III. Apollo and Daphne--Pyramus and Thisbe--Cephalus and Procris
23
6
IV. Juno and Her Rivals, lo and Callisto--Diana and Actaron--Latona and the Rusties
29
7
V. Phaeton
36
5
VI. Midas--Baucis and Philemon
41
3
VII. Proserpine--Claucus and Scylla
44
7
VIII. Pygmalion--Dryope--Venus and Adonis--Apollo and Hyacinthus
51
5
IX. Ceyx and Haleyone
56
4
X. Vertumnus and Pomona
60
4
XI. Cupid and Psyche
64
7
XII. Cadmus--The Myrmidons
71
5
XIII. Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narassus--Clytie--Hero and Leander
76
7
XIV. Minerva--Niobe
83
6
XV. The Graeae and Gorgons--Perseus and Medusa--Atlas--Andromeda
89
5
XVI. Monsters: Giants--Sphinx--Pegasus and Chimaera--Centaurs--Pygmies--Griffin
94
6
XVII. The Golden Fleece--Medea and Eson
100
5
XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta
105
4
XIX. Hercules--Hebe and Ganymede
109
5
XX. Theseus--Daedalus--Castor and Pollux
114
6
XXI. Bacchus--Ariadne
120
5
XXII. The Rural Deities--Erisichthon--Rhoecus--The Water Deities--The Camenae--The Winds
125
6
XXIII. Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope
131
5
XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus--Musaeus
136
7
XXV. Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--Sappho
143
6
XXVI. Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and Galatea
149
5
XXVII. The Trojan War
154
10
XXVIII. The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Agamemnon. Orestes and Electra
164
7
XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-Eaters--Cyclopses--Circe--Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--Calypso
171
8
XXX. The Phaeacians--Fate of the Suitors
179
7
XXXI. Adventures of Eneas--The Harpies--Dido--Palinurus
186
5
XXXII. The Internal Regions--The Sibyl
191
6
XXXIII. Eneas in Italy: Camilla--Evander--Nisus and Euryalus--Mezentius--Turnus
197
8
XXXIV. Pythagoras--Egyptian Deities--Oracles
205
9
XXXV. Origin of Mythology--Statues of Gods and Goddesses--Poets of Mythology
214
6
XXXVI. Modern Monsters--The Phoenix--Basilisk Unicorn--Salamander
220
5
XXXVII. Eastern Mythology--Zoroaster--Hindu Mythology--Castes--Buddha--Grand Lama--Prester John
225
7
XXXVIII. Northern Mythology--Valhalla--The Valkyrior
232
6
XXXIX. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim
238
4
XL. The Death of Baldur--The Elves--Runic Letters--Skalds--Iceland
242
6
XLI. The Druids--lona
248
4
XLII. Beowulf
252
3
Proverbial Expressions
254
1
Index
255