false 588147 29 For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known. <br>        The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood. <br>The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement."<br><br>Thomas Bulfinch, in his day job, was a clerk in the Merchant's Bank of Boston, an undemanding position that afforded him ample leisure time in which to pursue his other interests. In addition to serving as secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History, he thoroughly researched the myths and legends and copiously cross-referenced them with literature and art. As such, the myths are an indispensable guide to the cultural values of the nineteenth century; however, it is the vigor of the stories themselves that returns generation after generation to Bulfinch. 1266222 book 1881 Bulfinch's Mythology total:806|5:249|4:324|3:202|2:22|1:9| 806 3200 1215 47 3 1 false false Mon Oct 06 17:27:50 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 00:28:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 15 16:15:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 16:17:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Sun Jun 21 20:19:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:24:58 -0700 2009
Thomas Bulfinch is *far* more concerned with how the Greek and Roman myths are integrated into the literature of other cultures than he is with telling the stories of those...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 09:49:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:21:10 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:49:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Thu Nov 13 22:30:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 22:38:46 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 27 15:29:35 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 15:29:35 -0800 2008
This book would be a nice introduction to Greek mythology,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1968 Sat Sep 08 04:03:13 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 04:23:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 12:10:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:10:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat May 02 21:19:45 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 21:21:08 -0700 2009
Greek, Roman and Arthurian characters.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 29 23:38:17 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 23:38:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:13:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:14:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 19 17:12:46 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 17:12:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 08:52:38 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:53:01 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 17 11:12:17 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 31 14:04:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Jun 25 21:23:25 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 23:32:38 -0700 2008 Bulfinch's Mythology is a good collection of myths, Greek especially, though Edith Hamilton's collection is generally considered the definitive version, in academic circles. Bulfinch tells his myths in an enjoyable, easily understandable style, though he does slightly reveal his age... this book ca...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 11:06:04 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 11:09:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 19:51:33 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 19:55:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Sep 08 16:48:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 16:49:58 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 08 11:35:57 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 11:36:55 -0800 2007 Come on, what ten-year-old shouldn't know the entire Greek and Roman pantheon(s)?]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 12 13:28:19 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 06 21:25:21 -0700 2009