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- The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Babylonia and arguably ... |right|250px|One of the stories in the Gilgamesh epic directly parallels ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. It is prized as one of the few living epics, performed by ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
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- credited with the composition of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Throughout antiquity and subsequent history, Homer's influence ...761 bytes (114 words) - 16:46, 14 November 2021
- |Epic • Romance • Novel • Novella • Tragedy • Comedy • Drama • Folklore |- !align="center" style="background:#ffffdd ...734 bytes (79 words) - 14:35, 2 March 2023
- His works include the acclaimed Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990). He spent his later career teaching in Western universities where he was accused ...645 bytes (93 words) - 16:32, 28 September 2023
- text from the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata epic. For its religious depth, quintessential Upanishadic and Yogic philosophy and beauty of verse ...689 bytes (96 words) - 16:21, 17 June 2023
- Ancient Greek literature is famous for its epic and lyric poetry as well as its drama, both tragedy and comedy. }} ...793 bytes (114 words) - 17:47, 13 November 2021
- literary works, the foremost of which is the Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem written in Akkadian during the late second millennium B.C.E. Mesopotamian ...2 KB (244 words) - 19:18, 25 March 2024
- Zionist, he did two years of research before his epic novel, Exodus about the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. Later, he took up another contentious ...706 bytes (115 words) - 03:43, 27 November 2023
- His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems, and two shorter poems. Much about his life is unknown except what can be inferred from ...829 bytes (138 words) - 18:38, 26 January 2023
- their position in the New World. Lionized in the epic Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem and then later somewhat vilified by those who see the European ...809 bytes (137 words) - 17:45, 25 October 2021
- and greatest warrior of Homer's epic poem Iliad, which takes for its theme, not the War of Troy in its entirety, but specifically the Wrath ...793 bytes (134 words) - 15:14, 24 December 2023
- The Shahnameh is an epic poem that relates the story of Persian (Iranian) heritage from the around the 10th century. It is part mythology that ...1 KB (171 words) - 23:57, 27 March 2023
- iconic role was that of Rhett Butler in the 1930 epic film, Gone With the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. In 1934, he won the Academy Award ...1,011 bytes (166 words) - 21:19, 28 May 2022
- Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (early third century B.C.E. - after 246 B.C.E.), was an epic poet, scholar, and director ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 15:46, 11 August 2023
- Ovid and Virgil as one of the major epic poets of his times. to categorize. Although ostensibly an epic, Pharsalia is not a story ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- Atra-Hasis, also spelled Atrahasis, is an eighteenth century B.C.E. Akkadian epic, named after its human hero. It contains both a creation myth ...11 KB (1,791 words) - 19:31, 30 November 2021
- * Epic * Novel * Poetry * Prose * Romance | heading3 = Lists | content3 = * Books * Authors }} | heading2 = Middle Eastern | content2 = ...5 KB (491 words) - 18:19, 3 February 2023
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (July 2, 1724 – March 14, 1803) was a German epic and lyric poet. His more subjective approach initiated a break ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 11:03, 11 April 2024
- The Epic of Gilgamesh gives the following description of Ishtar's ... ===The Epic of Gilgamesh=== Ishtar makes important appearances in the ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- greatest achievement, The Bridge, is an epic poem written in the grand ... of America." He meant to create an epic poem that, like the poetry ...7 KB (1,109 words) - 20:59, 29 January 2022
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. It is prized as one of the few living epics, performed by ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
