The Age of Fable Author:Thomas Bulfince The Age of Fable was first published in 1855, and though many anthologies of ancient myths have appeared in the years since then, the mythology remains Bulfinch's Mythology. Thomas Bulfinch gathered and condensed hundreds of fabulous tales, making the stories of Apollo and Daphne, Cupid and Psyche, Orpheus and Eurydice available to readers who c... more »ould neither undertake a prolonged study of classical sources nor be satisfied with the cursory summations found in dictionaries. His Age of Fable is devoted primarily to mythology of Greece and Rome, but it also presents the best of the Norse, Celtic, and Oriental myths. According to Bulfinch, it was written with two purposes: that readers should be "entertained by the most charming fictions which fancy has ever created, and put in possession of information indispensable to every one who would read with intelligence the elegant literature of his own day." Through his skill in retelling these stories - briefly, without diminishing their charm; simply, without sacrificing scholarship - his intent is realized.« less