Epic Poems

The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri
Inferno
Purgatorio
Paradiso
Epic of GilgameshUnknown
The IliadHomer
The Odyssey
The TheogonyHesiod
The AeneidVirgil
MetamorphosesOvid
BeowulfUnknown
The Saga of Grettir the StrongUnknown
ShahnamehFerdowsi
The Song of RolandUnknown
Poem of the CidUnknown
The NibelungenliedUnknown
The Orlando FuriosoLodovico Ariosto
The LusiadLuís Vaz Camões
The Faerie QueeneEdmund Spenser
Les TragiquesAgrippa d'Aubigné
Paradise LostJohn Milton
The KalevalaElias Lönnrot
Germany, a Winter TaleHeinrich Heine
The Song of HiawathaHenry Wadsworth Longfellow
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  1. Great list! I have read The Iliad and The Odyssey twice each, and they are some of my favorites. I finally read The Aeneid last year, and I am currently reading the Metamorphoses.

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    1. Thanks Beth. Obviously, I haven't made much progress on this list yet. So much to read!

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