Epics

Jerusalem Delivered

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Torquato Tasso


The First Crusade provides the backdrop for a rich tapestry of political machinations, military conflicts, martial rivalries, and love stori…

Aeneidis Libri XII

Read by Malone


Virgil


Aeneas flees the destruction of Troy, abandons Dido, queen of the Carthaginians, and wends his way to Latium in Italy, where slaying Turnus,…

Balder Dead

Read by Nathan


Matthew Arnold


"Balder Dead" is a beautiful epic poem by Matthew Arnold. It draws from Norse mythology to retell the story of the the death of Od…

Monachomachia czyli wojna mnichów

Read by Piotr Nater


Ignacy Krasicki


Monachomachia, czyli Wojna mnichów to poemat heroikomiczny autorstwa Ignacego Krasickiego wydany po raz pierwszy anonimowo w 1778. Je…

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

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


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

Read by Grant Hurlock


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

Read by KendalRigans


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

Read by Kristine Bekere


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)

Read by Robin Lamb


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

Read by Piotr Nater


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

Read by Leni


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…

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