Epics
Hermann and Dorothea
Read by Foon
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are few modern poems of any country so perfect in their kind as the "Hermann and Dorothea" of Goethe. In clearness of charac…
The Ballad of the White Horse (Version 3)
Read by Robin Lamb
G. K. Chesterton
This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in…
Georgics
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Virgil
Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the na…
Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
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Lucan
Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…
The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi
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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi
The Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) is a monumental poem composed around 1000 C.E. by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. It narrates the exploits of m…
Aladdin, Or, The Wonderful Lamp (A Dramatic Poem, in Two Parts)
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Adam Oehlenschläger
This retelling of Aladdin in dramatic verse begins in the humble home of a tailor, whose son spends his days in idleness and brings his pare…
Achilleid
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Publius Papinius Statius
The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the l…
The Man in the Panther's Skin
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Shota Rustaveli
Georgian mediæval epic poem written in the time of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Couched in the chivalric language of the 12th Centur…
The Nibelungenlied (English Verse)
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Anonymoustranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler and Unknowntranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler
The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied. There was a 2013 Li…
Tannhäuser
Read by Alan Mapstone
Richard Wagner
The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…
Clarel
Read by Matthew Muñoz
Herman Melville
An epic poem, the eponymous pilgrim's journey to the Holy Land. - Summary by Matthew Muñoz