{"product_id":"bulfinchs-mythology-includes-the-age-of-fable-the-age-of-chivalry-legends-of-charlemagne-9780375751479","title":"Bulfinch's Mythology: Includes the Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry \u0026 Legends of Charlemagne","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor almost a century and a half, \u003ci\u003eBulfinch's Mythology\u003c\/i\u003e has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, \"Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Bulfinch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library (Paperback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.42w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375751479","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714092667017,"sku":"9780375751479","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_eb379399-2c8f-4aab-9dcd-e1cf953f6dc8.jpg?v=1719634499","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bulfinchs-mythology-includes-the-age-of-fable-the-age-of-chivalry-legends-of-charlemagne-9780375751479","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}