Epics

The Ballad of the White Horse

Read by Joshua B. Christensen


G. K. Chesterton


An English epic poem that follows the exploits of Alfred the Great in his defense of Christian civilization in England from the heathen nihi…

El Gaucho Martín Fierro

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José Hernández


El Gaucho Martín Fierro es un poema narrativo argentino, escrito en verso por José Hernández en 1872, obra literaria co…

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ

Read by Jothi Tharavant


Unknowntranslated Bysir Edwin Arnold and Translated Bysir Edwin Arnold


This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translatio…

Adam and Eve

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John Milton


LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Fourth Book) by John Milton. This was the Weekly Poetry p…

The Song of Roland

Read by Joy Chan


Anonymoustranslated Byc. K. Scott-Moncrieff


The Song of Roland is an epic poem, originally sung in Old French. It tells the story of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778. This is an Eng…

The Aeneid of Virgil (Version 2)

Read by George Allen


Virgil


The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy,…

The Ramayan, Book 2

Read by om123


Valmiki


The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti…

Eirik the Red's Saga

Read by Julian Jamison


Anonymoustranslated Byjohn Sephton


In this saga, the events that led to Eirik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Eirikson's discovery of Vinland…

Los Eddas

Read by Victor Villarraza


Sæmund Sigfusson


Los Eddas son colecciones de historias relacionadas con la mitología nórdica. Con este nombre se conocen dos recopilaciones li…

The Ramayan, Book 3

Read by om123


Valmiki


The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …

Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion

Read by Nick Duncan


William Blake


The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an e…

Don Juan, Canto 1

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventua…

Peer Gynt

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Henrik Ibsen


Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks tow…

Le Paradis Perdu

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


Comme Virgile a développé l’épopée à célébrer l’origine de sa propre patrie, Milton l’a ada…

Milton: a Poem

Read by Brian Russell Graham


William Blake


Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from he…

Reineke Fuchs

Read by redaer


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Reineke Fuchs ist ein Epos in zwölf Gesängen. Goethe gab dem Werk stark spöttische, mitunter boshafte Züge; sein Epos ka…

The Odyssey (Book 6)

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Homer


Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, is asleep when Athena comes to her to suggest that she go down to the river the next…

La Cautiva

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Esteban Echeverría


La Cautiva es un poema narrativo épico, publicado originalmente en 1837. Se considera la obra más representativa del romantici…

Achilleis

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Achilleis von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, entstanden 1797–99, veröffentlicht 1808.Als Goethe an dem Epos in Hexametern Hermann und Doro…

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