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  2. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    The Revolt of Islam (Laon and Cyntha) by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1817) Harold the Dauntless by Walter Scott (1817) Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and Zelená Hora, forged epic published in 1818. Endymion (1818) by John Keats. Hyperion (1818) and The Fall of Hyperion (1819) by John Keats.

  3. List of world folk-epics - Wikipedia

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    Sepha Khun Chang Khun Phaen, a Thai epic about the adventures of Khun Phaen, a Siamese folk hero. Klei khan Y Dam San, an epic of Rade people in Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên), Vietnam. Đẻ đất đẻ nước, an epic of Mường people in Northern Vietnam. Hikayat Hang Tuah, a Malaccan, and Malay epic. Bidasari, a Malay epic.

  4. Epic poetry - Wikipedia

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    Epic poetry agrees with Tragedy in so far as it is an imitation in verse of characters of a higher type. They differ in that Epic poetry admits but one kind of meter and is narrative in form. They differ, again, in their length: for Tragedy endeavors, as far as possible, to confine itself to a single revolution of the sun, or but slightly to ...

  5. Epic of Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) [2] is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames" [3]), king of Uruk, some of which may date back to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BC). [1]

  6. Epic (genre) - Wikipedia

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    Epic (noun) refers to a long poem, book, movie, etc. that tells the story of a hero 's adventures. [4] The earliest epics were long poems performed out loud that told these grandiose stories about heroes. Today, in modern society, the word epic has been expanded and associated with all kinds of long literatures that still underlyingly focus on ...

  7. Iliad - Wikipedia

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    The Iliad (/ ˈɪliəd /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: [iː.li.ás]; " [a poem] about Ilion (Troy) ") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 ...

  8. Gilgamesh - Wikipedia

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    Gilgamesh (/ ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ /, [7] / ɡɪlˈɡɑːmɛʃ /; [8] Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames) [9][a] was a hero in ancient Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late 2nd millennium BC.

  9. Beowulf (hero) - Wikipedia

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    Hrethel (maternal grandfather), Hygelac (maternal uncle, fl. 515) Nationality. Geatish. Beowulf (/ ˈbeɪəwʊlf /; [1][2] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a legendary Geatish hero in the eponymous epic poem, one of the oldest surviving pieces of English literature.