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Title details for Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch - Available

Bulfinch's Mythology

The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes

by Thomas Bulfinch
Jonathan Cowley
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First published in three separate volumes from 1855 to 1863, Bulfinch's Mythology quickly became the standard source of classic tales from ancient Greece and Rome, the Norse tradition, and beyond. This edition contains the full text of The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, the first volume of Bulfinch's seminal work. From stories of the Greek gods of Mt. Olympus to retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey, from descriptions of mythological monsters to tales of Hindu and Egyptian deities, Bulfinch's versions of these classic stories bring their characters to life. Throughout the text, Bulfinch includes examples of literary interpretations of and allusions to the various stories and points out proverbial expressions that have their origins in the mythology he relates, making this a vital reference for students of literature as well as a delightfully vibrant collection of the stories that form our cultural heritage.

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  • Release date

    May 4, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781452622194
      • File size: 399888 KB
      • Duration: 13:53:05

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1200
    • Text Difficulty: 9-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What an Olympian band of narrators! Each one of these superb professionals excels at bringing this stilted Victorian prose to life. A man of his time, Bulfinch glosses over almost any reference to sex in these ancient stories. (Come on, we know what Zeus was really up to with those nymphs!) Nevertheless, there lots of excitement and fun to be gleaned here. And as Bulfinch himself points out in his introduction, if you want to be able to fully understand the references in literature, poetry, or even modern-day editorials, you MUST have a thorough grounding in mythology. Mythology is an iconography, a secret code that unlocks the meaning behind many, many of the symbols and text around us all the time. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1200
  • Text Difficulty:9-12

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