Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinchwas an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts, best known for the book Bulfinch's Mythology...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 July 1796
CountryUnited States of America
horse chivalry trojan-horse
The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.
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For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.
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The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy
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Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.
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We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.
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ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.