The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) / Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

The book collects and reshapes classical and Norse myths with explanatory commentary and illustrations, presenting creation myths, the gods of sky, earth, sea, and underworld, accounts of older and younger heroes, outlines of the Trojan cycle, sketches of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and an appended summary of Wagner's Ring; it compares mythic themes, traces sources and transmission, identifies mythological figures in painting and sculpture, and supplies poetic examples, notes, and references to help readers recognize mythic allusion in English literature and appreciate ancient and modern art.