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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

CHAPTER XIII. MYTHS OF LESSER DIVINITIES OF THE WATERS             198

  Galatea and Polyphemus. Glaucus and Scylla. Nisus and Scylla.
  Leucothea. Proteus and Aristæus. Acheloüs and Hercules. Milton's
  Sabrina Fair.

  CHAPTER XIV. MYTHS OF THE OLDER HEROES: THE HOUSE OF DANAÜS, AND
  ITS CONNECTIONS                                                    206

  The Older and the Younger Heroes. The Genealogy of Danaüs. The
  Danaïds. The Doom of King Acrisius. Perseus and Medusa. Perseus and
  Atlas. Perseus and Andromeda. Bellerophon and the Chimæra. Hercules
  (Heracles): His Youth. His Labors. His Later Exploits. The Loss of
  Hylas. The Rescue of Daphnis. The Expedition against Laomedon. The
  Death of Hercules.

  CHAPTER XV. THE FAMILY OF ÆOLUS                                    229

  Descendants of Deucalion. The Quest of the Golden Fleece. The
  Return of the Argonauts. Medea and Æson. Pelias.

  CHAPTER XVI. THE FAMILY OF ÆTOLUS AND ITS CONNECTIONS              237

  The Calydonian Hunt. Merope. Castor and Pollux. The Twin Brethren
  among the Romans.

  CHAPTER XVII. THE HOUSE OF MINOS                                   246

  Minos of Crete. Dædalus and Icarus.

  CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE OF CECROPS AND ERICHTHONIUS               249

  From Cecrops to Philomela. Matthew Arnold's Philomela. Theseus.
  Theseus and Ariadne. Bacchus and Ariadne. The Amazons. Theseus and
  Pirithoüs. Phædra and Hippolytus.

  CHAPTER XIX. THE HOUSE OF LABDACUS                                 261

  The Misfortunes of Thebes. [OE]dipus and the Sphinx. [OE]dipus, the
  King. [OE]dipus at Colonus.

  CHAPTER XX. MYTHS OF THE YOUNGER HEROES: THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
       265

  Their Exploits. The Seven against Thebes. Antigone. The Epigoni.

  CHAPTER XXI. HOUSES CONCERNED IN THE TROJAN WAR                    269

  Three Families. Peleus. Achilles, Son of Peleus. Atreus. Tyndareus.

  CHAPTER XXII. THE TROJAN WAR                                       277

  Its Origin. Iphigenia in Aulis. Protesilaüs and Laodamia. Homer's
  Iliad. The Wrath of Achilles. The Enlistment of the Gods. Thetis
  intercedes for Achilles. Agamemnon calls a Council. Paris plays
  the Champion. Helen surveys the Grecian Host. Menelaüs defeats
  Paris. The Two Days' Battle. Hector and Andromache. Neptune aids
  the Discouraged Greeks. Jupiter inspirits the Trojans. Achilles
  and Patroclus. Patroclus in the Armor of Achilles. The Deaths of
  Sarpedon and Patroclus. The Remorse of Achilles. The Reconciliation
  of Agamemnon and Achilles. The Death of Hector. Achilles drags the
  Body of Hector. Priam in the Tent of Achilles.

  CHAPTER XXIII. THE FALL OF TROY                                    307

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