The age of fable: or, The beauties of mythology

Introduction

Prometheus and Pandora

Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procris

Juno and her rivals, Io and Callisto, Diana and Actaeon, Latona and the rustics

Phaeton

Midas, Baucis and Philemon

Proserpine, Glaucus and Scylla

Pygmalion, Dryope, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus

Ceyx, and Halcyone

Vertumnus and Pomona

Cupid and Psyche

Cadmus, the Myrmidons

Nisus and Scylla, Echo and Narcissus, Clytie, Hero and Leander

Minerva, Niobe

The Graeae, and Gorgons, Perseus, Medusa, Atlas, Andromeda

Monsters: Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus and Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, Pygmies

The Golden Fleece, Medea

Meleager and Atalanta

Hercules, Hebe and Ganymede

Theseus and Daedalus, Castor and Pollux

Bacchus, Ariadne

The rural deities, Erisichthon, Rhoecus, The water deities, The Camenae, The winds

Achelous and Hercules, Admetus and Alcestis, Antigone, Penelope

Orpheus and Eurydice, Aristaeus, Amphion, Linus, Thamyris, Marsysa, Melampus, Musaeus

Arion, Ibycus, Simonides, Sappho

Endymion, Orion, Aurora and Tithonus, Acis and Galatea

The Trojan War

The fall of Troy, return of the Greeks, Agamemnon, Orestes and Electra

Adventures of Ulysses, the Lotus-Eaters, Cyclopses, Circe, Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, Calypso

The Pheacians, fate of the suitors

Adventures of Aeneas, the Harpies, Dido, Palinurus

The infernal regions, the Sibyl

Aeneas in Italy, Camilla, Evander, Nisus and Erryalus, Mezentius, Turnus

Pythagoras, Egyptian deities, Oracles

Origin of mythology, statues of gods and goddesses, poets of mythology

Modern monsters, the Phoenix, Basilisk, Unicorn, Salamander

Eastern mythology, Zoroaster, Hindu mythology, castes, Buddha, Grand lama

Northern mythology, Valhalla, the Valkyrior

Thor's visit to Jotunheim

The death of Baldur, the elves, runic letters, skalds, Iceland

The Druids, Iona

Beowulf

Proverbial expressions.