The Outline of Mythology

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.

The Infernal Regions

3 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

The Infernal Regions

As at the commencement of our series we have given the pagan account of the creation of the world, so as we approach its conclusion we…

The Infernal Regions: AEneas

AEneas would have lingered long with his Trojan friends, but the Sibyl hurried him away. They next came to a place where the road divided…

The Infernal Regions: Lethe

AEneas perceived before him a spacious valley, with trees gently waving to the wind, a tranquil landscape, through which the river Lethe…

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