The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).

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Charles Mills Gayley
Ginn, 1898 - 540 pages
 

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Contents

The Silver
44
Prometheus Champion of Man Lines by Byron 26 Longfellows Prometheus
46
The Brazen Age 28 The Flood
48
Deucalion and Pyrrha 30 The Demigods and Heroes 39
49
ATTRIBUTES OF THE GODS OF HEAVEN 5173
51
The Great Gods 33 Jupiter Zeus 34 Juno Hera
52
Diana Artemis Ben Jonsons Hymn to Diana 40 Venus Aphrodite Extract from Sills Venus of Milo
66
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Ægina
100
Antiope Lines from Tennysons Amphion
102
Jupiter a friend of man Baucis and Philemon Lines from Swifts Baucis and Philemon
105
Junos Best Gift Lines from Gosses Sons of Cydippe
108
The Contest with Neptune Arachne Extract from Spensers Muiopotmos
109
Leaf Myers Iliad
112
Mars and Minerva Extract from Lang Leaf Myers Iliad
113
Mars and Mortals The Fortunes of Cadmus
114
Myths of Vulcan
117
The Wanderings of Latona
118
Apollo the Light Triumphant
119
Hyacinthus
120
Phaeton
121
The Plague sent upon the Greeks before Troy Extract
125
from Lang Leaf Myers Iliad
126
The Lamentation of Linus
129
Esculapius 130
130
Admetus and Alcestis Extracts from Brownings Balaus tions Adventure
133
Apollo the Musician
136
The Loves of Apollo
138
Clytie Lines by Thomas Moore
141
The Flight of Arethusa Shelleys Arethusa
142
The Fate of Acteon
145
The Fortunes and Death of Orion
146
MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF
174
MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES 223243
223
The Danaïds
224
The Doom of King Acrisius
225
Perseus and Atlas
227
Perseus and Andromeda Lines from Miltons Il Pen serosa and Comus Kingsleys Andromeda and Mil
229
Bellerophon and the Chimæra
231
Youth and Labors
234
His Later Exploits
239
The Expedition against Laomedon
240
The Death of Hercules Lines from Milton and from S G Bulfinchs Schillers Ideal and Life
241
THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS 244249
244
Medea and Æson
247
Pelias Lines from Shakespeares Macbeth
248
THE FAMILY OF ETOLUS 250254
250
MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES 273276
273
HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TRO
277
THE TROJAN WAR 284302
284
THE FALL OF TROY 303312
303
From Troy to Phæacia Lines from Tennysons Lotus
323
Fate of the Suitors of Penelope Extracts from Cowpers
330
ADVENTURES OF ENEAS 338353
338
THE WAR BETWEEN TROJANS
354
MYTHS OF THE NORSE GODS 366391
366
MYTHS OF NORSE AND OLD GER
392
RULES FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK
493
The Calydonian Hunt Extracts from Swinburnes Ata lanta in Calydon 250
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Mercury Hermes
514
Vesta Hestia 43 Lesser Divinities of Heaven Gosses Eros Lines by Spenser 51 52 52 54 56 57
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INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS AND ARTISTS
527
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TitleThe Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable". (1855).
EditorCharles Mills Gayley
Edition4
PublisherGinn, 1898
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized25 Jun 2008
Length540 pages
  
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