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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)Bulfinch, Thomas

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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

Name: The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)
Author: Bulfinch, Thomas

Bulfinch, Thomas

English poetry; Mythology, Classical; Mythology, Norse

FIGURE                                                            PAGE

    1.  Jupiter surveying the World. Roman Wall Painting, Naples:
        _Herculaneum and Pompeii, by H. Roux Ainé_                     3

    2.  Athena and Giant. Greek Bronze, Mus. Kircherianum:
        _Journal of Hellenic Studies, 4, 90_                           7

    3.  Zeus and Giants. Ancient Gem: _Baumeister 3, 1791_             8

    4.  Prometheus making Man. Roman Sarcophagus in the Capitoline:
        _Baumeister 3, 1568_                                           9

    Upper row, from left to right: Oceanus, the Sun-god, Clotho,
    Lachesis, etc. Lower row: Cupid and Psyche, Gæa (Tellus),
    Prometheus, the newly created Man to whom Minerva gives life
    (the butterfly). Death, Cupid with down-turned torch, the first
    man dead, Atropos, Mercury.

    5.  Poseidon (Neptune), Dionysus (Bacchus) and Goddess. East
        Frieze, Parthenon, in the British Museum: _Photograph_        17

    6.  Two Hours. Greek Vase Painting, St. Petersburg:
        _Roscher 1, 2727_                                             18

    7.  Zeus from Dodona. Greek Bronze: _Photograph_                  20

    8.  Zeus after Phidias. Coin of Elis: _A. S. Murray, Greek
        Bronzes, opp. p. 81_                                          21

    9.  Hera of Argos. Greek Marble: _Argive Heræum, 1_               22

   10.  Athena Velletri. Ancient Marble in the Louvre:
        _Photograph_                                                  23

   11.  Ares Ludovisi. Ancient Marble in Rome: _Photograph_           24

   12.  Ares (Mars). Painting by Raphael: _Photograph_                25

   13.  The Forge of Vulcan. Roman Relief: _Baumeister 3, 1640_       25

   14.  Apollo (so-called Adonis). Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
        _Photograph_                                                  26

   15.  Apollo Belvedere. Ancient Marble in the Vatican:
        _Photograph_                                                  27

   16.  Apollo. Greek Bronze from Thessaly, British Museum:
        _Murray, Greek Bronzes, Fig. 28_                              28

   17.  Diana. Painting by Correggio: _Photograph_                    29

   18.  Diana (Artemis) of Versailles. Ancient Marble in the Louvre:
        _Photograph_                                                  30

   19.  Artemis Knagia. Ancient Silver Medallion from Herculaneum:
        _Roscher 1, 566_                                              31

   20.  Hermes Psychopompos. Greek Stele of Myrrhina: _P. Gardner,
        Sculptured Tombs, Fig. 72_                                    34

    Hermes (Mercury) leading to the underworld the spirit of a lady,
    Myrrhina, who has just died. From a relief on her tomb.

   21.  Eros (Cupid). Ancient Marble, Naples: _Photograph_            36

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The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911): Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

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