Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. —Introduction
Thomas Bulfinch
The Age of Fable
Or Beauties of Mythology
Thomas Bulfinch
Written to “teach mythology not as a study but as a relaxation from study,” these ageless volumes span the ages: from the Olympus of Zeus and the Valhalla of Thor, to the Round Table of King Arthur and the escapades of Robin Hood.