Epics

Drake

Read by Cynthia Moyer


Alfred Noyes


Alfred Noyes, in the blank-verse epic "Drake", fictionalizes the historical Francis Drake, who, during the reign of Elizabeth I of…

Sohrab and Rustum: An Episode

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Matthew Arnold


A young soldier born among Tartars but sired by the mighty Persian lord Rustum, serves in the Tartar army, seeking his great father. To this…

Hermann und Dorothea

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Veröffentlicht 1797. Hermann und Dorothea ist ein Epos in neun Gesängen von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Die Gesänge tragen di…

The Giaour

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


"The Giaour" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. "The Giaou…

Hermann and Dorothea

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


There are few modern poems of any country so perfect in their kind as the "Hermann and Dorothea" of Goethe. In clearness of charac…

Епопея на Забравените (Epopeya na zabravenite)

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Ivan Vazov


Epic of the Forgotten (Bulgarian: Епопея на забравените; Epopeya na zabravenite) is a Bulgarian poetic saga written by Ivan Vazov to commemo…

Romancero selecto del Cid

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Anonymous


El Romancero selecto del Cid trata la historia de un noble caballero que enfrenta diversas batallas en nombre de su Señor Rey Alfonso…

Lāčplēsis

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Andrejs Pumpurs


Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded a…

The Ballad of the White Horse (Version 3)

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G. K. Chesterton


This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in…

Ὁμήρου Ὀδύσσεια (Ραψῳδία 01) - The Odyssey (Book 01)

Read by Ἑλένη Κεμικτσή


Homer


Ἡ Ὀδύσσεια τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἐντάσσεται στὰ πλαίσια τῶν ἐργασιῶν πού ξεκίνησα ἐδῶ καὶ μερικὰ χρόνια στὴν ἰστοσελίδα μου Projet Homere (Σχέδιο Ὁμήρο…

Georgics

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Virgil


Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the na…

Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

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Lucan


Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…

Myszeis

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Ignacy Krasicki


"Myszeis" (znany także jako "Myszeidos pieśni X") to chronologicznie pierwszy z trzech poematów heroikomicznych I…

Aladdin, Or, The Wonderful Lamp (A Dramatic Poem, in Two Parts)

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Adam Oehlenschläger


This retelling of Aladdin in dramatic verse begins in the humble home of a tailor, whose son spends his days in idleness and brings his pare…

The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi

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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi


The Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) is a monumental poem composed around 1000 C.E. by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It narrates the exploits of m…

Achilleid

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Publius Papinius Statius


The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the l…

Ὁμήρου Ὀδύσσεια (Ραψῳδία 02) - The Odyssey (Book 02)

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Homer


Ἡ Ὀδύσσεια τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἐντάσσεται στὰ πλαίσια τῶν ἐργασιῶν πού ξεκίνησα ἐδῶ καὶ μερικὰ χρόνια στὴν ἰστοσελίδα μου Projet Homere (Σχέδιο Ὁμήρο…

The Man in the Panther's Skin

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Shota Rustaveli


Georgian mediæval epic poem written in the time of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Couched in the chivalric language of the 12th Centur…

Ὁμήρου Ὀδύσσεια (Ραψῳδία 03) - The Odyssey (Book 03)

Read by Ἑλένη Κεμικτσή


Homer


Ἡ Ὀδύσσεια τοῦ Ὁμήρου ἐντάσσεται στὰ πλαίσια τῶν ἐργασιῶν πού ξεκίνησα ἐδῶ καὶ μερικὰ χρόνια στὴν ἰστοσελίδα μου Projet Homere (Σχέδιο Ὁμήρο…

The Nibelungenlied (English Verse)

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Anonymoustranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler and Unknowntranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler


The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied. There was a 2013 Li…

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