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- killed their mother. After finishing his epic poem "Endymion," ... earliest major poem was the 1817 pastoral epic Endymion. The poem consists ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- plays a prominent role in the famous Hindu epic, the Ramayana, where, as the ... *Menon, Ramesh. The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- first part of Shokholov's great Don epic (Tikhii Don / Тихий дон ... An epic novel, it is often compared to War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 04:04, 25 March 2023
- of these is the EPPIE award, given by EPIC since 2000. [http://www.epicauthors.com/eppies.html The EPPIE Awards], EPIC. Retrieved ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 21:37, 25 September 2020
- Epic poetry in Latin continued to be written and circulated well into the nineteenth century. John Milton and even Arthur Rimbaud got their first ...12 KB (1,801 words) - 12:38, 5 May 2024
- the Enûma Elish, the Babylonian creation epic, she combines with Apsu (the ... can be seen from the opening lines of the epic where it is said that she ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- scholar, writing political pamphlets, epic poems and odes for his patrons ... his princely patrons in panegyrics and epic poems, to abuse their enemies ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- In 1340 Petrarch published his first large-scale work, Africa; an ... twelve pastoral poems; and the unfinished epic Africa. Petrarch also published ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- credited with the composition of the epic poems the Iliad (Ἰλιάς ... texts, values, and exceptionalism. All epic poetry in Western literature ...27 KB (4,051 words) - 17:08, 14 November 2021
- in Greek mythology, and Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh. ... ===Babylonian (Epic of Gilgamesh)=== In the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 19:36, 24 May 2024
- to Leipzig, where he began work on his epic poetic drama Don Carlos about ... the basis of his greatest achievement, the epic drama Wallenstein. ...18 KB (2,816 words) - 06:39, 15 April 2024
- do with a bow? Like Inanna in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, ‘Anat complains ... Princess Leia in George Lucas' Star Wars epic film. ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- of what is widely considered the greatest epic poem in the English language ... poet writing in English who attempts the epic genre must contend with the ...27 KB (4,256 words) - 03:00, 2 May 2024
- According to the Nagarakertagama (a Javanese language epic poem dating ... Dompo and Sunda. A twentieth century poetic epic, Kakwin Gajah Mada, composed ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- 8 million words in total, it is the longest epic poem in the world (roughly ... According to Mbh. 1.1.50, there were three versions of the epic, beginning ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- In Hinduism, the Rāmāyaṇa is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet Valmiki and is an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti ...37 KB (6,200 words) - 00:33, 8 December 2022
- Legend places the capital of the Rakshasa King Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana (The Epic of Lord Rama) in Anuradhapura. Legend depicts Rama ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Cambridge, MA: ... *Cross, Frank Moore. Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic. Cambridge, MA: ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- Sphinx and Bhima, one of the heroes of the epic Mahabharata. ... others depict the battle of minds as an epic, mortal fight. "Sphinx ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- In 1761 Macpherson announced the discovery of an epic on the subject ... In December 1761, Macpherson published Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
