Thomas Bulfinch's whole mythic world — the gods of Olympus, King Arthur's Round Table, the Mabinogeon, Beowulf and the paladins of Charlemagne — told as stories, the way 1913 read them.

Medea and Aeson

2 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

Medea and Aeson

Amid the rejoicings for recovery of the Golden Fleece, Jason felt that one thing was wanting, the presence of AEson, his father, who was…

Medea and Aeson: Macbeth

The incantations of Medea will remind the reader of those of the witches in "Macbeth." The following lines are those which seem most…

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