Genre Type: Epic Poetry

According to Merriam Webster an epic is "a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero The Iliad and The Odyssey are epics.


All works are listed here in alphabetical order by the first important word in the title

The Aeneid by Virgil[Epic][Fan][Roman][classic]

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri [Epic][Fan][Italian][Medieval]

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous [Epic][Fan][classic]

The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser [Epic][Fan][British][16th Cent.]

The Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson [Epic][Fan][British][19th Cent.]

The Iliad by - Homer[Epic][Fan][Greek ][Classical]

The Metamorphoses by Ovid [Epic][Fan][Roman][classic]

Paradise Lost by John Milton [Epic][Fan][British][17th Cent.]

Paradise Regained by John Milton [Epic][Fan][British][17th Cent.]

The Odyssey by Homer [Epic][Fan][Greek] [classic] [prose translation]