Epics Books

Milton - A Poem

William Blake

Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between livin..

Jean-Christophe Journey's End

Romain Rolland

Jean-Christophe Journey's End is a fiction work by Romain Rolland, a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915 "as a tr..

Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca

Homer

It has long been the opinion of many of the more progressive teachers of the United States that, next to Herakles, Odysseus is the hero closest to child-life, and that the stories from the "Odyssey" a..

Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology

J. W. Mackail

The purpose of this book is to present a complete collection, subject to certain definitions and exceptions which will be mentioned later, of all the best extant Greek Epigrams. Although many epigrams..

The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Complete

Dante Alighieri

Purgatory is part of an Italian epic poem The Divine Comedy written in many contos by Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and late..

The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem

Luís de Camões

The Lusiad is a Portuguese epic poetry written by Luís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of S..

The Story of Troy

Michael Clarke

The Story of Troy is a book for young readers to  make them understand the Great Epic classics of Homer written by Michael Clarke.In this book we are to tell the story of Troy, and particula..

Familiar Studies in Homer

Agnes M. Clerke

The author’s best thanks are due to Messrs. Macmillan, and to Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton, for their courteous permission to reprint the chapters entitled ‘Homeric Astronomy,’ ‘Homer’s Magic Herbs,’ ..