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Literature
Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable
   by Thomas Bulfinch

   Odysseus sees Polyphemus by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Summary from Librivox: Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is a recording of the tenth edition of the first volume, The Age of Fable. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and eastern myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. (Summary by Kathleen Gatliffe for Librivox)

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                                                               Stories of Gods and Heroes

• The Age of Fable: Publishers and Authors Prefaces
• The Age of Fable: Chapter 1, Introduction
• Chapter 2, Prometheus and Pandora
• Chapter 3, Apollo and Daphne–Pyramus and Thisbe–Cephalus and Procris
• Chapter 4, Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto–Diana and Actaeon–Latona and the Rustics
• Chapter 5, Phaeton
• Chapter 6, Midas–Baucis and Philemon
• Chapter 7, Proserpine–Glaucus and Scylla
• Chapter 8, Pygmalion–Dryope–Venus and Adonis–Apollo and Hyacinthus
• Chapter 9, Ceyx and Halcyone
• Chapter 10, Vertumnus and Pomon–Iphis and Anaxarete
• Chapter 11, Cupid and Psyche
• Chapter 12, Cadmus–The Mermidons
• Chapter 13, Nisus and Scylla–Echo and Narcissus–Clytie–Hero and Leander
• Chapter 14, Minerva and Arachne–Niobe
• Chapter 15, Graeae and Gorgons–Perseus and Medusa–Atlas–Andromeda
• Chapter 16, Monsters and Giants–Sphinx–Pegasus and Chimaera–Centaurs–Griffin–Pygmies
• Chapter 17, The Golden Fleece–Medea
• Chapter 18, Meleager and Atalanta
• Chapter 19, Hercules–Hebe and Ganymede
• Chapter 20, Theseus and Daedalus–Castor and Pollux–Festivals and Games
• Chapter 21, Bacchus and Ariadne
• Chapter 22, The Rural Deities–The Dryads and Erisichthon–Rhoecus–Water Deities–Camenae–Winds
• Chapter 23, Achelous and Hercules–Admetus and Alcestis–Antigone–Penelope
• Chapter 24, Orpheus and Eurydice–Aristaeus–Amphion–Linus–Thamyris–Marsyas–Melampus–Musaeus
• Chapter 25, Arion–Ibycus–Simonides–Sappho
• Chapter 26, Endymion–Orion–Aurora and Tithonus–Acis and Galatea
• Chapter 27, The Trojan War
• Chapter 28, The Fall of Troy–Return of the Greeks–Orestesa nd Electra
• Chapter 29, Adventures of Ulysses–The Lotus-eaters–The Cyclopes–Circe–Sirens–Scylla and Charybdis–Calypso
• Chapter 30, The Phaeacians–Fate of the Suitors
• Chapter 31, Adventures of Aeneas–The Harpies–Dido–Palinurus
• Chapter 32, The Infernal Regions–The Sibyl
• Chapter 33, Aeneas in Italy–Camilla–Evander–Nisus and Euryalus–Mezentius–Turnus
• Chapter 34, Pythagoras–Egyptian Deities–Oracles
• Chapter 35, Origin of Mythology–Statues of Gods and Goddesses–Poets of Mythology
• Chapter 36, Monsters (modern)–The Phoenix–Basilisk–Unicorn–Salamander
• Chapter 37, Eastern Mythology–Zoroaster–Hindu Mythology–Castes–Buddha–The Grand Lama–Prester John
• Chapter 38, Northern Mythology–Valhalla–The Valkyrior
• Chapter 39, Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim
• Chapter 40, The Death of Baldur–The Elves–Runic Letters–Skalds–Iceland–Teutonic Mythology–The Nibelunger Lied–Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring
• Chapter 41, The Druids–Iona

Category:  Paintings of Greek mythology

Orpheus Lamenting Eurydice, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

'Flight of Aeneas from Troy', fresco painting by Girolamo Genga, 1507-1510

Argus, Mercury and Io. By Jacob van Campen

Hans Baldung (1485–1545) Pyramus und Thisbe

"the face that launched 1,000 ships" Helen of Troy This is a fresco of Paris abducting Helen by force. It is painted on a wall inside a villa in Venice, Italy.

Achilles' heel, Paul Reubens

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus

Caught between a rock and a hard place! This is a painting of Odysseus's boat passing between the six-headed monster Scylia and the whirlpool Charybdis. Scylla has plucked six of Odysseus's men from the boat. The painting is an Italian fresco dating to 1560 C.E..

Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774–1833) Description English: Clytemnestra hesitates before killing the sleeping Agamemnon. On the left, Aegisthus urges her on.

Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne

Death of Adonis, by Luca Giordano.

Ceres and Pan, Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Frans Snyders (1579–1657)

Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus

Expression: "opened up a Pandora's box" Pandora trying to close the box This is an engraving of Pandora trying to close the box that she had opened out of curiosity. At left, the evils of the world taunt her as they escape. The engraving is based on a painting by F.S. Church.

:Diana, Endymion and Satyr by Karl Briullov

Jupiter and Kallisto by Francois Boucher

Jupiter and Callisto by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse

Penelope and the Suitors by John William Waterhouse, 1912

Valkyrie by Arbo

Pallas Athena (Athene, Minerva)

This is an oil painting of the Goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles into the River Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon can be seen taking the dead across the river in his boat. The scene was painted by Peter Paul Reubens around 1625.

Helen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan, 1898

John William Waterhouse (1849–1917) Echo and Narcissus.

More Resources

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Catalogue of Greek/Roman Mythology related Drawings / Paintings / Sculptures

Windows to the Universe;  Mythology and Art

National Gallery of ART Greco-Roman Origin Myths

4 A Teaching Packet: Classical Mythology in European Art