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Homer 6y5x1c
The Odyssey is written by Homer, one of the greatest ancient Greek epic poets. A sequel to the Iliad, both the works by the author is considered to be the greatest Greek Poems and oldest extant work of western literature. The story is set around the Trojan War and fall of Troy. Greek hero Odysseus is believed to be missing in the Trojan Wa.. 1o2v24
Edmund Spenser 681x5j
The Faerie Queene is written by Edmund Spenser, an English poet who crafted the modern English verse. This epic poem has been considered as the first work to be compiled in Spenserian stanza which is a fixed verse form contains 9 lines. One of the longest poems of English language, this was written to celebrate the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I...
Homer 6y5x1c
The Iliad is an epic poem written by Homer, an ancient Greek Poet whose work influenced the shaping of Greek culture to great extent. Considered to be sequel to the author’s early work “The Odyssey”, The Iliad narrates final week incidents of the Trojan War, the early events like the cause of the war, gathering warriors for the siege has b..
Titus Lucretius Carus 1v2x4y
On the Nature of Things is a didactic poem written by Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman Poet who has influenced the writings of ancient poets Virgil and Horace, with his only published work On the Nature of Things. This poem explores the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development o..
Francis Barton Gummere 2l5x4q
Beowulf is an epic poem considered as a remarkable Anglo-Saxon literature written in old English by unknown author and has been translated by Francis Barton Gummere. This poem narrates the rise and fall of Beowulf who hails from Greats, a tribal kingdom. Beowulf encounters three battles named Grendel, Grendel's mother and The dragon against supe..
Albert Tobias Clay 5qs6i
An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic is co-authored by Talmudic scholar Marcus Jastrow and American archaeologist Albert Tobias Clay. The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia. It recounts the exploits and adventures of a favorite hero, and in its final form cov..
John Milton 41115f
Considered by many literary critics as the first epic of English literature, John Milton’s Paradise lost became one of the most influential poetry ever written in English language. It is interesting to note that John has dictated this work to her daughters and eventually transcribed all parts of the poetry. This great work put John Milton to the li..
Thomas Nathaniel Orchard 2j2814
Many able and cultured writers have delighted to expatiate on the beauties of Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost,’ and to linger with iration over the lofty utterances expressed in his poem. Though conscious of his inability to do justice to the sublimest of poets and the noblest of sciences, the author has ventured to contribute to Miltonic literature a w..