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
branch britain earliest family great history known supposed
THE earliest inhabitants of Britain are supposed to have been a branch of that great family known in history by the designation of Celts.
among boast flourishes original people purity stock
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
covered cut generally secure similar surrounded
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.
language oldest origin poems possesses referred sixth welsh
The Welsh language is one of the oldest in Europe. It possesses poems the origin of which is referred with probability to the sixth century.
years islands withdrawal
The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years.
book mean giving
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.
romance century ends
It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.
helping claims mythology
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.
loyalty religious ambition
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
rude romance kind
The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
country government europe
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.
country easter real
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.
literature language appreciated
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
boys men knights
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms.