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The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch · 1855

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THE religions of ancient Greece and Rome are extinct. The so-called divinities of Olympus have not a single worshipper among living men. They belong now not to the department of theology, but to those of literature and taste. There they still hold their place, and will continue to hold it, for they are too closely connected with the finest productions of poetry and art, both ancient and modern, to pass into oblivion.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of thisartartMore like thisLess of this
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ancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisGreeceGreeceMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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medium · 328 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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