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Topic: Epic Literature

The epic poem or story is a common way for a civilization to tell stories about how it was founded and the central moral and political values which underpin its society. Epic stories are related to the problem of liberty because many of these foundation stories deal with issues such as the nature of legitimate authority, the problem of rebellion, and external threats to the stability of the community.

9 Titles in this Group:

authors and editors   title   pub. date ↓
author: Gilgamesh, editor: Morris Jastrow, editor: Albert T. Clay An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic 1920
author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, author: Gilgamesh The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamesh 1920
author: Misc (Mahabharata), translator: Romesh C. Dutt The Ramayana and the Mahabharata 1917
author: John Milton, editor: Henry Charles Beeching The Poetical Works of John Milton 1900
author: Moses, author: Old Testament (Various Authors) The Second Book of Moses, called Exodus (KJV) 1885
author: Homer, translator: Thomas Hobbes, editor: Sir William Molesworth The English Works of Thomas Hobbes, vol. 10 (Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey) 1839
author: Virgil, translator: John Dryden The Aeneid (Dryden trans.) 1697
author: Dante Alighieri, translator: Courtney Langdon The Divine Comedy, in 3 vols. (Langdon trans.) 1321
author: Beowulf, translator: William Morris, translator: Alfred John Wyatt The Tale of Beowulf, sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats 750 AD