Bulfinch's Mythology / The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne

A collection of readable retellings recounts the gods, heroes, and mythic episodes of ancient Greece and Rome, supplemented by Norse, Oriental, Egyptian, and medieval chivalric legends. Stories are presented in plain prose with selected poetic citations to aid memory and pronunciation, and the edition includes expanded material on Northern epics and outlines of British heroic tales. The text aims to make mythological references intelligible to general readers rather than to serve as a scholarly treatise, and an enlarged index functions as a concise classical dictionary for reference. Overall, the work balances narrative charm with practical guidance for understanding literary allusions.