The Age of Fable, Part 1: Chapters 1–14

Summary

Thomas Bulfinch, as one reviewer put it, “created an anthology of mythology.” This audiobook contains the first fourteen chapters of The Age of Fable, the first of three volumes, comprising Bulfinch’s complete work.

The Age of Fable recounts stories of Greek gods, demigods, and best-known characters in mythology. In our times, many references are made to these stories and characters in the arts, especially in the fine arts, theater, and literature. Chapters include

1. Introduction
2. Prometheus and Pandora
3. Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris
4. Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actaeon—Latona and the Rustics
5. Phaeton
6. Midas—Baucis and Philemon
7. Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla
8. Pygmalion—Dryope—Venus, and Adonis—Apollo and Hyacinthus
9. Ceyx and Halcyone
10. Vertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and Anaxarete
11. Cupid and Psyche
12. Cadmus—the Myrmidons
13. Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and Leander
14. Minerva and Arachne—Niobe