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BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY:
THE AGE OF FABLE OR STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES
by Thomas Bulfinch
CHAPTER II. PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA
CHAPTER III. APOLLO AND DAPHNE- PYRAMUS AND THISBE- CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS.
CHAPTER IV. JUNO AND HER RIVALS, IO AND CALLISTO- DIANA AND ACTAEON-LATONA AND THE RUSTICS.
CHAPTER VI. MIDAS- BAUCIS AND PHILEMON.
CHAPTER VII. PROSERPINE- GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA.
CHAPTER VIII. PYGMALION- DRYOPE- VENUS AND ADONIS- APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS.
CHAPTER IX. CEYX AND HALCYONE: OR, THE HALCYON BIRDS.
CHAPTER X. VERTUMNUS AND POMONA.
CHAPTER XII. CADMUS- THE MYRMIDONS.
CHAPTER XIII. NISUS AND SCYLLA- ECHO AND NARCISSUS- CLYTIE- HERO AND LEANDER.NISUS AND SCYLLA.
CHAPTER XV. THE GRAEAE AND GORGONS- PERSEUS- MEDUSA- ATLAS-ANDROMEDA.
CHAPTER XVII. THE GOLDEN FLEECE- MEDEA
CHAPTER XVIII. MELEAGER AND ATALANTA.
CHAPTER XIX. HERCULES- HEBE AND GANYMEDE.
CHAPTER XX. THESEUS- DAEDALUS- CASTOR AND POLLUX.
CHAPTER XXI. BACCHUS- ARIADNE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE RURAL DEITIES- ERISICHTHON- RHOECUS- THE WATER DEITIES- THE CAMENAE- THE WINDS.
CHAPTER XXIII. ACHELOUS AND HERCULES- ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS-ANTIGONE- PENELOPE.
CHAPTER XXIV. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE- ARISTAEUS- AMPHION- LINUS-THAMYRIS- MARSYAS- MELAMPUS- MUSAEUS.
CHAPTER XXV. ARION- IBYCUS- SIMONIDES- SAPPHO.
CHAPTER XXVI. ENDYMION- ORION- AURORA AND TITHONUS- ACIS AND GALATEA.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TROJAN WAR.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FALL OF TROY- RETURN OF THE GREEKS-AGAMEMNON, ORESTES AND ELECTRA.
CHAPTER XXX. THE PHAEACIANS- FATE OF THE SUITORS.
CHAPTER XXXI. ADVENTURES OF AENEAS- THE HARPIES- DIDO- PALINURIUS.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE INFERNAL REGIONS- THE SIBYL.
CHAPTER XXXIII. AENEAS IN ITALY.CAMILLA- EVANDER- NISUS AND EURYALUS-MEZENTIUS- TURNUS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. PYTHAGORAS- EGYPTIAN DEITIES- ORACLES.
CHAPTER XXXV. ORIGIN OF MYTHOLOGY- STATUES OF GODS AND GODDESSES- POETS OF MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. MODERN MONSTERS- THE PHOENIX- BASILISK- UNICORN--SALAMANDER.
CHAPTER XXXVII. EASTERN MYTHOLOGY- ZOROASTER- HINDU MYTHOLOGY- CASTES-BUDDHA- GRAND LAMA.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY- VALHALLA- THE VALKYRIOR.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THOR'S VISIT TO JOTUNHEIM.
CHAPTER XL. THE DEATH OF BALDUR- THE ELVES- RUNIC LETTERS-SKALDS- ICELAND.
CHAPTER XLI. THE DRUIDS- IONA.
PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS
#No. 1 MATERIEM superabat opus.- Ovid.
The workmanship surpassed the material.
Facies non omnibus una,
Nec diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum.- Ovid.
Their faces were not all alike, nor yet unlike, but such as those of
sisters ought to be.
Medio tutissimus ibis.- Ovid.
You will go most safely in the middle.
Hic situs est Phaeton, currus auriga paterni,
Quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis.- Ovid.
Here lies Phaeton, the driver of his father's chariot, which if he
failed to manage, yet he fell in a great undertaking.
Imponere Pelio Ossam.- Virgil.
To pile Ossa upon Pelion.
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.- Virgil.
I fear the Greeks even when they offer gifts.
Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis
Tempus eget.- Virgil.
Not such aid nor such defenders does the time require.
#No. 8Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim.
He runs on Scylla, wishing to avoid Charybdis.
Sequitur patrem, non passibus aequis.- Virgil.
He follows his father with unequal steps.
Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.- Virgil.
A horrible monster, misshapen, vast, whose only eye had been put out.
Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?- Virgil.
In heavenly minds can such resentments dwell?
Haud ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.- Virgil.
Not unacquainted with distress, I have learned to succour the unfortunate.
Tros, Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur.- Virgil.
Whether Trojan or Tyrian shall make no difference to me.
Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.- Virgil.
Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely.
Facilis descensus Averni;
Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis;
Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras
, Hoc opus, hic labor est.- Virgil.
The descent to Avernus is easy; the gate of Pluto stands open
night and day; but to retrace one's steps and return to the upper air,
that is the toil, that the difficulty.
Uno avulso non deficit alter.- Virgil.
When one is torn away another succeeds.
Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.- Virgil.
Then struck the hoofs of the steeds on the ground with a four-footed trampling.
Sternitur infelix alieno vulnere, coelumque
Adspicit et moriens dulces reminiseitur Argos.- Virgil.
He falls, unhappy, by a wound intended for another; looks up to
the skies, and dying remembers sweet Argos.
THE END
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