Epics Books

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Anonymous

The Mahabharata is one of ancient India's major epic poems written in Sanskrit, the other being the Ramayana. Together they might be seen as the Iliad and Odyssey of the East, though the Mahabharata a..

The Ramayana

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The Ramayana is an ancient epic written in the Sanskrit. It is attributed to Valmiki, a Hindu sage living in the 4th or 5th century. It is an integral part of Hindu literature, sharing the stage with ..

The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features American Indian characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior..

Collection of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica

Hesiod & Homer

This volume contains practically all that remains of the post-Homeric and pre-academic epic poetry. I have for the most part formed my own text. In the case of Hesiod I have been able to use independe..

Evangeline

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search..

The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

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Táin Bó Cúailnge; "the driving-off of cows of Cooley", commonly known as The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is a legendary tale from early Irish literature which is often considered an epic, altho..

The Argonautica

Apollonius Rhodius

The Argonautica is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts t..

Marmion

Sir Walter Scott

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field is a historical romance in verse of 16th-century Britain by Walter Scott, published in 1808. It concludes with the Battle of Flodden in 1513. It was published in Edinb..