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Pages: 324, Paperback, Echo Library

Pages: 464, Paperback, Boomer Books

Pages: 422, Paperback, Theophania Publishing

Edition: Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD, MP3 CD, Tantor Media

Edition: Unabridged, Audio CD, Audio Book Contractors, Inc.

Pages: 304, Paperback, Dover Publications

Genre: History, Social Science. Subgenre: Folklore + Mythology, Medieval. Publisher: Modern Library. Pages: 862. Edition: Reprint. Language: English. Format: paperback. Release Date: August 1, 1998. Date Published: August 1, 1998.

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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.

Free Worldwide Delivery : Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology : Paperback : Dover Publications Inc. : 9780486411071 : 0486411079 : 28 Mar 2003 : Vivid myths of Greece and Rome, plus stories of Norse gods and heroes. Zeus and Hera, Apollo, Jason and the golden fleece, the wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas, the deeds of Thor, many more.

Here, in a dazzling panoply, are the legendary figures from the age of chivalry: King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood, Richard the Lionhearted and his crusaders, and a host of other famous and lesser-known characters. This collection includes tales from Camelot, dramatic narratives from The Mabinogeon, and stories of the noble warriors of English history. Bulfinch's skillful storytelling not only relates these ancient myths and legends but also discusses their roles in literature...

The single most useful and concise guide to mythology, Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of timeless tales from around the world. Written not for scholars but for the common reader, Bulfinch's commentary is fascinating, a series of notes to himself that grew into this highly readable collection. For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, providing 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...

more 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. The forerunner of such interpreters as Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves, Thomas Bulfinch wanted to make these stories available to the general reader. A series of private notes to himself grew into one of the single most useful and concise guides to literature...

Two audio cassettes. With an introduction by the eminent historian Michael Grant, the selections presented here offer lively versions of the legends of the Trojan War and the epic homeward voyage of Ulysses, the story of King Richard the Lion-Hearted, and the tales of Robin Hood. Read by Jim Bernhard.

CLASSIC COLLECTION: 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...