Classic Poetry And Epics 1-22
21 entries in the Classic Poetry And Epics compendium.
The IliadAncient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, central to classical philology.The OdysseyAncient Greek epic of Odysseus's perilous homecoming journey.The AeneidLatin epic poem linking Troy to Rome's founding.Paradise LostEpic poem on the fall of man.The Divine ComedyThree-part poem on the soul's journey through the afterlife.BeowulfHero of the Geats who fought Grendel, his mother, and a dragon.The Epic of GilgameshWorld's oldest surviving narrative literature, from ancient Mesopotamia.Cantar de mio CidAnonymous 12th-century Castilian epic about the exiled hero El Cid.Chu CiAncient anthology of Chu poetry, central to pre-Qin Chinese verse.Cædmon's HymnOld English poem attributed to a miraculously inspired cow-herder.Daredevils of SassounArmenian oral epic of four generations of warriors.De rerum naturaFirst-century BCE Epicurean poem on atomism and nature.Divan-i Shams-i TabriziRumi's lyric collection dedicated to his spiritual teacher Shams-i Tabrizi.Divine ComedyA narrative poem of the soul's journey through the afterlife.Do not go gentle into that good nightDuino ElegiesThe Duino Elegies are a collection of ten elegies written by the Bohemian-Austrian poet RaEcloguesVirgil's first major work, blending pastoral song with political turmoil.Enūma ElišBabylonian creation myth from the late 2nd millennium BCE.Epic of King GesarA living oral epic from Tibet and Central Asia.Epic of ManasThe longest epic poem, central to Kyrgyz oral tradition.Epic of SundiataFoundational epic of the Mali Empire and Mandé culture.
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