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