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The Age of Fable
- 414 pages · about 7 hours
- First published 1855
- 299 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Drawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myths of the Greek and Roman gods: Venus and Adonis, Jupiter and Juno, Daphne and Apollo, and many others. Source.
Good for readers who want: a classic, a love story, mythology, and a book they can read free online.
- Arthurian romances
- Classics
- Classical Mythology
- English Romances
- Mythology
- Mythology, classical
- Romance
- Norse Mythology
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