Thomas Bulfinch, as one reviewer put it, "created ananthology of mythology." This audiobook contains the first fourteen chapters ofThe Age of Fable, the first of three volumes, comprising Bulfinch's completework.
The Age of Fablerecounts stories of Greek gods, demigods, and best-known characters inmythology. In our times, many references are made to these stories andcharacters in the arts, especially in the fine arts, theater, and literature. Chaptersinclude
IntroductionPrometheus and PandoraApollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and ProcrisJuno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actaeon—Latonaand the RusticsPhaetonMidas—Baucis and PhilemonProserpine—Glaucus and ScyllaPygmalion—Dryope—Venus, and Adonis—Apollo and HyacinthusCeyx and HalcyoneVertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and AnaxareteCupid and PsycheCadmus—the MyrmidonsNisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and LeanderMinerva and Arachne—Niobe