A roughly chronological list of the worlds greatest epics
Explore a roughly chronological list of the world's greatest epics, from ancient classics to modern masterpieces. Discover timeless stories that shaped literature and culture across the ages.
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Iliad and Odyssey Boxed Set
by Robert Fagles
This beautiful gift set of Robert Fagles' award-winning translations of Homer brings the energy of contemporary language to these enduring heroic epics.
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The Ramayana
by Vālmīki
One of the ancient world's great verse epics is retold in energetic English prose in this sparkling volume.
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The Voyage of Argo
by Apollonius (Rhodius.)
The full account of Jason's voyage in the quest of the Golden Fleece.
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The Aeneid
by Virgil
Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid
by Ovid
Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is …
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Beowulf
by Seamus Heaney
Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of …
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The Saga of the Volsungs
by Jesse L. Byock
One of the great books of world literature--an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance. Based on Viking Age poems and composed in …
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Three Kingdoms
by Guanzhong Luo
A Chinese classic, portraying human ambition against a background of adventure and intrigue and set against historical events of the third century.
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The …
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Orlando Furioso
by Lodovico Ariosto
"Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1532) is the culmination of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France, a brilliantly witty parody of the …
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton
This Norton Critical Edition is designed to make Paradise Lost accessible for student readers, providing invaluable contextual and biographical information and the tools students need …
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Aniara
by Harry Martinson
The great Swedish writer Harry Martinson published his masterpiece, Aniara, during the height of the Cold War -- right after the Soviet Union announced that …
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