epic poetry

A guide to reading and understanding Homer's "The Odyssey" that discusses the background of the poem and how the epic is built upon the interplay of themes such as travel, hospitality, loyalty, family affection, and women.

A modern English translation of the epic of Gilgamesh, written in the third millennium B.C., telling of the great king of Uruk and his doomed friend.

Features a full-cast dramatization of Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne; presented in eight episodes.

An eleventh-century epic poem about Saracens's betrayal and slaughter of the rearguard of Charlemagne's army at Roncevaux.

Homer's classic epic of the Trojan War and the struggle between Achilles and Hector that saves the Greeks and destroys the Trojans.

Presents modern-verse translations of Homer's classic epic of the Trojan War and his adventure story chronicling Odysseus's journey home.

Presents a modern translation of the medieval Spanish epic based upon the exploits of eleventh-century military commander Rodrigo D?az de Vivar.

Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.

A modern translation of Virgil's classic epic poem, "The Aeneid," in which Aeneas, the future founder of Rome, embarks from the ruins of Troy on a treacherous journey toward a new home.

Presents Homer's epic Greek poem, telling of the exile and trial, and ultimate return and revenge of Odysseus after fighting for ten years in the Trojan War.