Epic of King Gesar
Tibet and Central Asia Emerged in the 12th century and crystallized into its current form around the 14th century. Anonymous The Epic of King Gesar Widely regarded as the Tibetan national epic, the Gesar epic was presented at UNESCO’s 31st...
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica
Ancient Greece (Egypt) Date of composition: 3rd century BCE Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica Apollonius of Rhodes composed the Argonautica in the mid-third century BC, probably working for the most part in Alexandria, which as the capital of Egypt under the rule of...
Virgil, Aeneid
Italy Composed: 29-19 BCE Virgil, Aeneid The Aeneid is a narrative poem in twelve bookrolls on the legendary origins of Rome that fully annexes the world of Greek mythological epic to the Roman thought-realm. More specifically, the Aeneid is a foundation story for the...
Ovid, Metamorphoses
Italy 8 CE Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid’s programmatic exploration of his place in literary history in general, and his progress along a Vergilian poetic career path in particular, is especially visible in his surviving masterpiece, the epic Metamorphoses, on which...Participants
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