The Greatest Epics

Explore the greatest epics of all time with our curated list of legendary books. Discover timeless tales of heroism, adventure, and mythology that have shaped literature and culture for centuries.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh Cover
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The Epic of Gilgamesh

 

N. K. Sandars's landmark translation of one of the first and greatest works of Western literature A Penguin Classic Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his …
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The Poetic Edda

 

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The Odyssey Cover
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The Odyssey

by Homer

The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for …
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The Aeneid

by Virgil

"Fitzgerald's [translation] is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long …
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The Tale of Genji

by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the …
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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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Njal's Saga

by Robert Cook

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to …
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