31 books
—
9 voters
Epic Poetry
See also epic.
An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil, Dante Alighieri, and John Milton. Many probably would not have survived if not written down. The first epics are known ...more
An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil, Dante Alighieri, and John Milton. Many probably would not have survived if not written down. The first epics are known ...more
Most Read This Week
Related Genres
“
Villicus Vadum: Soldier Of Fortune by Stewart Stafford
I am the ghost of lupine Romulus,
Founder of Rome, hear my tale,
Of Villicus Vadum - young, driven,
Steward to Senator Lucius Flavius.
Villicus wanted Flavia, the senator’s daughter,
But she was betrothed to Marcus Brutus;
A consul of noble and virtuous stock,
Villicus conspired to take Flavia's hand.
Treachery and deception were his tools,
Knavish peacock of Rome's epic stage,
Sought to take Flavia from Marcus Brutus,
To snatch and cage
...more
”
―
―
“
أجمل تجليات الله، قلوب العاشقين� وأجمل تجليات العشق، عيون المؤمنين� هنا حيث العشق إيمان، والحجر كالشجر، والكلام كالسلام، يجد الشعر الضوء ليخرج بانسيابية من بين أنامل الأطفال وكسور الأفئدة�
”
―
―
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
22,819 members,
last active 5 days ago
This group is dedicated to the discussion and promotion of ancient and contemporary epic poetry …more
22 members,
last active one year ago
The Early Germanic Book Club (EGBC) is a group read of four books (initially at least, we might …more
20 members,
last active 6 years ago
This is a group for those that want to read and discuss ancient fiction for fun, whether it be e…more
14 members,
last active 10 years ago
Tags
Tags contributing to this page include: epic-poetry, epic-poems, and epicpoetry
