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07-15-2007, 01:52 AM | #1 |
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Rate and Rank Epic Poems/Stories/Ballads
Feel free to insert your own.
Beowulf Gilgamesh, Odyssey, Illiad Aenid Das Niebelungenlied Inferno, Qu'ran Genesis Exodus Those are my favorites off the top of my head.
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07-15-2007, 04:10 AM | #2 |
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Beowulf is my favorite, but I like it best juxtaposed with Gardner's Grendel.
The Aeneid is second. I love the scenes in the Aeneid where the war's influence on the (mortal) women is depicted. I'm not certain how we're defining epic here, but for the sake of argument I prefer the story of Job to Genesis and Exodus, perhaps because the book better fits epic poetry form. I've never heard of this one: Das Niebelungenlied The Ramayana probably merits mention on your list, though I've never read much of it. |
07-15-2007, 04:40 AM | #3 |
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I misspelled it.
Here's a link of a translated version. http://omacl.org/Nibelungenlied/ Like you, I'm only vaguely familiar of its existence, never having studied it. Ramayana, that is.
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07-16-2007, 08:59 PM | #4 |
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My favorites:
1. Iliad 2. Iliad 3. Aeneid 4. Gilgamesh 5. Odyssey 6. Aeitia (a fragmentary epic by Callimachus - hardly anything remains, but the parts that do are awesome)
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