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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) — John Shaqi

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

The principal authorities used in the selection of the illustrations of
this new edition are: Baumeister, Denkmäler des klassischen Alterthums
(3 vols., Munich, 1888); Furtwängler, Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture
(London, 1905); Ernest Gardner, Ancient Athens (New York and London,
1902); Percy Gardner, A Grammar of Greek Art (New York and London,
1905); and Sculptured Tombs of Hellas (London, 1896); Percy Gardner
and Jevons, A Manual of Greek Antiquities (London, 1895); Gerhard,
Auserlesene griechische Vasenbilder (1840-1858); Gusman, Pompeii
(London, 1900); Harrison and Maccoll, Greek Vase Paintings (London,
1894); E. von Mach, Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture (Boston,
1905); and Greek Sculpture, Its Spirit and Principles (Boston, 1903);
A. S. Murray, Handbook of Greek Archæology (London, 1892); History
of Greek Sculpture (2 vols., London, 1883); and Sculptures of the
Parthenon (London, 1903); A. S. Murray and C. A. Hutton, Greek
Bronzes and Terra Cotta Statuettes (London, 1898); C. O. Müller,
Denkmäler der alten Kunst (Göttingen, 1832); Overbeck, Griechische
Kunstmythologie (1871 ----); Emil Presuhn, Pompeii, 1874-1881 (Leipzig,
1882); Salomon Reinach, Peintures de vases antiques (including the
collections of Millin, 1808, and Millingen, 1813 (Paris, 1891)), and
Apollo (Paris, 1907); H. Roux Ainé, Herculaneum and Pompeii; Roscher,
Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie
(1884 ----) (Lieferungen 1-17 in Vol. I, 18 on in Vol. II); Anton
Springer, Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte (I _Alterthum_, Leipzig, 1904);
Charles Waldstein, The Argive Heræum (2 vols.); and the archæological
periodicals as cited in the List of Illustrations.

The acknowledgment of assistance made in the former edition is here
renewed.

                                                   CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY




CONTENTS


                                                                    PAGE

  INTRODUCTION                                                      xxix

  PART I

  MYTHS OF DIVINITIES AND HEROES

  CHAPTER I. GREEK MYTHS OF THE CREATION                               1

  Purpose of the Study. The Fable and the Myth. Origin of the World.
  Origin of the Gods. The Rule of Cronus. The War of the Titans.
  The Division of Empire. The Reign of Jupiter. The Origin of Man.
  Prometheus, a Creator. The Age of Gold. The Silver Age. Prometheus,
  Champion of Man. Pandora. Prometheus Bound. Longfellow's
  Prometheus. The Brazen Age. The Iron Age. The Flood. Deucalion and
  Pyrrha. The Demigods and Heroes.

  CHAPTER II. THE GODS OF HEAVEN                                      18

  Olympus. The Great Gods. Jupiter (Zeus). Conceptions of Jupiter.
  Juno (Hera). Minerva (Athene or Athena). Mars (Ares). Vulcan
  (Hephæstus). Apollo. Shelley's Hymn of Apollo. Diana (Artemis).
  Jonson's Hymn to Cynthia. Venus (Aphrodite). The "Venus of Milo."
  Mercury (Hermes). Vesta (Hestia). The Lesser Divinities of Heaven.

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