Best of Epic Poetry

1.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,538 ratings
2.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating β€” 494,602 ratings
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Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating β€” 338,012 ratings
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating β€” 167,091 ratings
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating β€” 177,937 ratings
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating β€” 139,133 ratings
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating β€” 114,161 ratings
8.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating β€” 234,617 ratings
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Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating β€” 76,392 ratings
10.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating β€” 75,120 ratings
11.
The Kalevala
The Kalevala 4.05 avg rating β€” 5,923 ratings
12.
The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene 3.58 avg rating β€” 17,147 ratings
13.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating β€” 200,487 ratings
14.
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,210 ratings
15.
Don Juan
Don Juan 3.78 avg rating β€” 8,807 ratings
16.
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating β€” 18,737 ratings
17.
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Jason and the Golden Fleece 3.83 avg rating β€” 11,057 ratings
18.
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,331 ratings
19.
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes 4.26 avg rating β€” 11,711 ratings
20.
Orlando Furioso
Orlando Furioso 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,027 ratings
21.
The Battle Lost: Ryder's Birth
The Battle Lost: Ryder's Birth 4.47 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
22.
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs
by: Unknown
3.82 avg rating β€” 8,697 ratings
23.
The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, #3)
The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, #3) 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,104 ratings
24.
The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock 3.54 avg rating β€” 16,925 ratings
25.
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings 4.51 avg rating β€” 5,518 ratings
26.
Troilus and Criseyde
Troilus and Criseyde 3.75 avg rating β€” 7,062 ratings
27.
The Poem of the Cid
The Poem of the Cid
by: Anonymous
3.44 avg rating β€” 15,316 ratings
28.
The Lusiads
The Lusiads 3.99 avg rating β€” 9,245 ratings
29.
Mahabharata
Mahabharata
by: Vyasa
4.32 avg rating β€” 11,794 ratings
30.
Ramayana
Ramayana 4.19 avg rating β€” 5,257 ratings
31.
Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,762 ratings
32.
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult 3.52 avg rating β€” 14,376 ratings
33.
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake 3.86 avg rating β€” 1,534 ratings
34.
Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies 4.39 avg rating β€” 9,805 ratings
35.
The Cantos
The Cantos 3.92 avg rating β€” 5,373 ratings
36.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,256 ratings
37.
Theogony / Works and Days
Theogony / Works and Days
by: Hesiod
3.76 avg rating β€” 15,865 ratings
37.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,056 ratings
39.
Rape of the Lock and Other Poems
Rape of the Lock and Other Poems 3.63 avg rating β€” 839 ratings
40.
Rubaiyat
Rubaiyat 4.17 avg rating β€” 22,746 ratings
41.
Endymion: A Poetic Romance
Endymion: A Poetic Romance 3.91 avg rating β€” 667 ratings
42.
Omeros
Omeros 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,240 ratings
43.
Mr. Either/Or
Mr. Either/Or 4.19 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
44.
Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,643 ratings
45.
Parzival
Parzival 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,837 ratings
46.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 3.97 avg rating β€” 61,814 ratings
47.
Manfred
Manfred 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,844 ratings
48.
The Dark Notes, Book I
The Dark Notes, Book I 4.12 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
49.
Songs of Loss
Songs of Loss 4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
50.
The Tale of Kiều
The Tale of Kiều 4.30 avg rating β€” 1,717 ratings
51.
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
The Knight in the Panther's Skin 4.66 avg rating β€” 3,035 ratings
52.
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth 3.72 avg rating β€” 334 ratings
53.
The Legend of Sigurd & GudrΓΊn
The Legend of Sigurd & GudrΓΊn 3.87 avg rating β€” 7,794 ratings
54.
Your Glass Head against the Brick Parade of Now Whats
Your Glass Head against the Brick Parade of Now Whats
by: Sam Pink
4.56 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
54.
Butterflies and Lies: Poems
Butterflies and Lies: Poems 4.40 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
56.
Songs of Reason
Songs of Reason 3.67 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
56.
Civil War
Civil War
by: Lucan
3.92 avg rating β€” 1,601 ratings
58.
Songs of Sorrow
Songs of Sorrow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
58.
Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh
by: Anonymous
3.76 avg rating β€” 7,497 ratings
60.
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad 4.45 avg rating β€” 410 ratings
61.
The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic
The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic 4.25 avg rating β€” 355 ratings
62.
De Rozentuin
De Rozentuin
by: Saadi
4.50 avg rating β€” 3,392 ratings
62.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung 4.03 avg rating β€” 161 ratings
64.
The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes
The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes 3.95 avg rating β€” 268 ratings
64.
Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,740 ratings
66.
Germania
Germania
by: Tacitus
3.88 avg rating β€” 1,902 ratings
67.
German Epic Poetry
German Epic Poetry 4.07 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
68.
The Beautifully Worthless
The Beautifully Worthless 3.99 avg rating β€” 295 ratings
68.
The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment
The Iovis Trilogy: Colors in the Mechanism of Concealment 4.40 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
68.
Crossings On A Bridge Of Light: The Songs and Deeds of Gesar, King of Ling as He Travels to Shambhala Through the Realms of Life and Death
Crossings On A Bridge Of Light: The Songs and Deeds of Gesar, King of Ling as He Travels to Shambhala Through the Realms of Life and Death 4.42 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
68.
I Love a Broad Margin to My Life
I Love a Broad Margin to My Life 3.75 avg rating β€” 262 ratings
68.
Thaliad
Thaliad 4.40 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
68.
Talks with the Moon King
Talks with the Moon King really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
68.
The Manas of Wilhelm Radloff
The Manas of Wilhelm Radloff 3.90 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
68.
Hermead Volumen 1 (Hermead #1)
Hermead Volumen 1 (Hermead #1) 3.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
68.
Mei: Een Gedicht
Mei: Een Gedicht 3.36 avg rating β€” 376 ratings
68.
Poems of Varsian Lore: Chronicles of the Varsian Kingdom
Poems of Varsian Lore: Chronicles of the Varsian Kingdom 4.38 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
68.
Psychaotic: See The World In Red And Black
Psychaotic: See The World In Red And Black 4.06 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
68.
The Agricola and The Germania
The Agricola and The Germania
by: Tacitus
3.97 avg rating β€” 5,966 ratings
68.
Phoenixes Groomed as Genesis Doves
Phoenixes Groomed as Genesis Doves 4.12 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
68.
Temple of my Heart
Temple of my Heart 4.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
68.
Hush
Hush 4.48 avg rating β€” 124 ratings
68.
Behind The Facade
Behind The Facade 4.81 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
68.
Adventures of Love (Games of Love Book 1)
Adventures of Love (Games of Love Book 1) 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
68.
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land 3.69 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
68.
When My Soul Bleeds Words
When My Soul Bleeds Words 4.73 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
68.
Slices
Slices 3.88 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
68.
Savitri
Savitri 4.73 avg rating β€” 253 ratings
68.
Poems About Unicorns, Superheros, Princesses, Soccer, The Color Yellow, Dolphins, Green Beans, Video Games, Tools and The Beach
Poems About Unicorns, Superheros, Princesses, Soccer, The Color Yellow, Dolphins, Green Beans, Video Games, Tools and The Beach 4.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
68.
Journeying and Journaling
Journeying and Journaling it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
68.
letting go is how i love you now
letting go is how i love you now it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
68.
Red Corner: A Poetry Anthology (The Primary Series #1)
Red Corner: A Poetry Anthology (The Primary Series #1)
by: Dawn Web
3.75 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
93.
Paterson
Paterson 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,201 ratings
93.
The Warrior Song of King Gesar
The Warrior Song of King Gesar 4.10 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
93.
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel 4.30 avg rating β€” 481 ratings
93.
Vis and Ramin
Vis and Ramin 3.96 avg rating β€” 287 ratings
93.
The Fall of Arthur
The Fall of Arthur 3.80 avg rating β€” 7,370 ratings
93.
The Flower Seeker: An Epic Poem of William Bartram
The Flower Seeker: An Epic Poem of William Bartram 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
93.
Inside The Fire: A Tale of the Insane
Inside The Fire: A Tale of the Insane 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
93.
Nostalgia in the Pandemic
Nostalgia in the Pandemic it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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