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Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

Thomas Bulfinch (1796 - 1867)

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 aka TetoYasha)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Publisher's Preface--Author's Preface	Justin S Barrett	00:16:44
Play 01	Introduction	Lizzie Driver	00:22:36
Play 02	Prometheus and Pandora	Jennifer Stearns	00:18:31
Play 03	Apollo and Daphne--Pyramus and Thisbe--Cephalus and Procris	Anna Simon	00:20:55
Play 04	Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto--Diana and Actaeon--Latona and the Rustics	Susie G.	00:25:16
Play 05	Phaeton	jpod 42	00:18:00
Play 06	Midas--Baucis and Philemon	Julie VW	00:15:19
Play 07	Proserpine--Glaucus and Scylla	ML Cohen	00:22:45
Play 08	Pygmalion--Dryope--Venus and Adonis--Apollo and Hyacinthus	Ted Delorme	00:17:52
Play 09	Ceyx and Halcyone	Alison Raouf	00:18:43
Play 10	Vertumnus and Pomona--Iphis and Anaxarete	Alison Raouf	00:10:29
Play 11	Cupid and Psyche	Janna	00:24:58
Play 12	Cadmus--The Myrmidons	Alison Raouf	00:18:35
Play 13	Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narcissus--Clytie--Hero and Leander	Hugh McGuire	00:19:59
Play 14	Minerva and Arachne--Niobe	Susie G.	00:18:25
Play 15	The Graeae and Gorgons--Perseus and Medusa--Atlas--Andromed	Graham Redman	00:18:49
Play 16	Monsters: Giants--Sphinx--Pegasus and Chimaera--Centaurs--Griffin--Pygmies	Graham Redman	00:19:02
Play 17	The Golden Fleece--Medea	Kevin LaVergne	00:19:01
Play 18	Meleager and Atalanta	Kathy	00:15:02
Play 19	Hercules--Hebe and Ganymede	Lizzie Driver	00:16:17
Play 20	Theseus and Daedalus--Castor and Pollux--Festivals and Games	Kristine Bekere	00:23:26
Play 21	Bacchus and Ariadne	Kevin LaVergne	00:14:59
Play 22	The Rural Deities--The Dryads and Erisichthon--Rhoecus--Water Deities--Camenae--Winds	pattymarie	00:28:43
Play 23	Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope	Thomas Wells	00:15:46
Play 24	Orpheus and Eurydice--Aristaeus--Amphion--Linus--Thamyris--Marsyas--Melampus --Musaeus	roolynninms	00:16:00
Play 25	Arion--Ibycus--Simonides--Sappho	Clarica	00:20:30
Play 26	Endymion--Orion--Aurora and Tithonus--Acis and Galatea	Meredith Hughes	00:16:25
Play 27	The Trojan War	Robin Cotter	00:41:28
Play 28	The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and Electra	James Tiley	00:27:56
Play 29	Adventures of Ulysses--The Lotus-eaters--The Cyclopes--Circe--Sirens--Scylla and Charybdis--Calypso	Lizzie Driver	00:25:15
Play 30	The Phaeacians--Fate of the Suitors	Lizzie Driver	00:24:51
Play 31	Adventures of Aeneas--The Harpies--Dido--Palinurus	R. D. Williard	00:16:45
Play 32	The Infernal Regions--The Sibyl	Leni	00:30:41
Play 33	Aeneas in Italy--Camilla--Evander--Nisus and Euryalus --Mezentius--Turnus	Leni	00:33:34
Play 34	Pythagoras--Egyptian Deities--Oracles	Kristine Bekere	00:30:11
Play 35	Origin of Mythology--Statues of Gods and Goddesses --Poets of Mythology	Robin Cotter	00:23:51
Play 36	Monsters (modern)--The Phoenix--Basilisk--Unicorn--Salamander	Graham Redman	00:21:00
Play 37	Eastern Mythology--Zoroaster--Hindu Mythology--Castes--Buddha--The Grand Lama--Prester John	Sibella Denton	00:20:17
Play 38	Northern Mythology--Valhalla--The Valkyrior	Lizzie Driver	00:19:35
Play 39	Thor's Visit to Jotunheim	Thomas Wells	00:12:53
Play 40	The Death of Baldur--The Elves--Runic Letters--Skalds--Iceland--Teutonic Mythology--The Nibelungen Lied--Wagner's Nibelungen Ring	J. M. Smallheer	00:28:35
Play 41	The Druids--Iona	pattymarie	00:23:53

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