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 Laestrygonians

2 pages in this part of The Outline of Mythology.

The Laestrygonians

Their next adventure was with the barbarous tribe of Laestrygonians. The vessels all pushed into the harbor, tempted by the secure…

The Laestrygonians: Circe

With grief for their slain companions mixed with joy at their own escape, they pursued their way till they arrived at the AEaean isle…

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