Thomas Bulfinch

Contains: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, & Legends of Charlemange

An easily understood reference guide to the deities of Greek and Roman mythology.Stories of Gods and Heroes, originally published in 1855, is the first of three works that make up Bulfinchs Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch. A useful and concise guide to the gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman mythology, this text was used in history classrooms for over a century. Bulfinchs writing is an attempt to expand the enjoyment of classic literature for the common reader, explaining the allusions made to mythology in so many other titles of the day.

Historia de Dioses y Héroes nos propone un sugerente recorrido a través de los más bellos mitos griegos y romanos: Júpiter, Prometeo, Apolo, Venus, Adonis, Cupido, Hércules, Orfeo, Ulises y Galatea, entre otros muchos, se nos presentan mediante una apasionate narracion que aspira, en palabras de Thomas Bulfinch, a presentar la mitologia no como objeto de estudio sino como descanso en el estudio, logrando una introduccion ideal a ese fascinante universo que tantos poetas han recreado.Es por esta razon que Shakespeare, Milton o Lord Byron, por ejemplo, son utilizados para ilustrar y acompañar a esos dioses y heroes que constituyen, por derecho propio, uno de los pilares basicos de la cultura occidental.

"O grande livro da mitologia" compreende a obra completa e derradeira escrita por Thomas Bulfinch acerca dos mitos fundamentais que originaram diversas culturas do mundo hoje. No primeiro volume, "A era da fabula", encontramos deuses, herois e seres miticos, cujas batalhas, relaçes e costumes ficaram marcados no imaginario cultural da humanidade. O segundo volume, "A era da cavalaria", traz as lendas dos nobres, guerreiros e misticos que consolidaram uma trajetoria de costumes que ressoam profundamente nas mais diversas sociedades. Em "As lendas de Carlos Magno", volume final, apresentam-se e se desenlaçam as historias dos mais importantes imperadores, encabeçadas pelo temivel e cativante Carlos Magno, maior figura representativa do Imperio Romano. Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) foi um escritor estadunidense que dedicou a vida a pesquisa das lendas e mitos que fundaram sociedades de grande importancia por todo o mundo. Sua investigaço instrui ricamente sobre as mais diversas regies e culturas, mostrando seu impacto e influencia ate os dias de hoje. Essa obra definitiva e finalmente traduzida e publicada de maneira completa no Brasil, trazendo o encanto das mais significativas e impactantes historias que nos ajudam a compreender o mundo em que vivemos.

A era da fábula, encontramos deuses, heróis e seres míticos, cujas batalhas, relações e costumes ficaram marcados no imaginário cultural da humanidade.

A beautifully packaged and affordably priced edition of this classic, accessible guide to world mythology, unabridged and complete. Thomas Bulfinch collected and interpreted the legends of the world for everyday people, so that those who lacked extensive schooling could still understand the mythological allusions that fill classic and contemporary literature.Bulfinchs Mythology began as three separate volumes in the 1850s and 60s. Bulfinch published "The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes" in 1855 and then moved on to publish two more collections: "The Age of Chivalry, or the Legends of King Arthur" in 1858; and "Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages" in 1863. When Bulfinch died in 1867, the three volumes were combined and retitled Bulfinchs Mythology and reprinted in 1881. It has remained one of the most trusted English-language interpretations of Greek and Roman mythology, Arthurian legend, and medieval romance ever since.Our Cornerstone Edition of Bulfinchs Mythology offers readers an easily portable, complete collection of all three volumesthe only such edition of this beloved anthology currently available.

For almost a century and a half, Bulfinchs Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths, and the age of chivalry have been known. The forerunner of such interpreters as Edith Hamilton and Robert Graves, Thomas Bulfinch wanted to make these stories available to the general reader. A series of private notes to himself grew into one of the single most useful and concise guides to literature and mythology. The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and The Legends of Charlemagne or The Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallets Northern Antiquities. provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.

A era da cavalaria, traz as lendas dos nobres, guerreiros e místicos que consolidaram uma trajetória de costumes que ressoam profundamente nas mais diversas sociedades.

Em As lendas de Carlos Magno, apresentam-se e se desenlaçam as histórias dos mais importantes imperadores, encabeçadas pelo temível e cativante Carlos Magno, maior figura representativa do Império Ro

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