Homer, Odyssey
Greece Oral tradition: reconstructed as far back as the second millennium BCEWritten versions: reconstructed as far back as the 6th century BCE Homer, Odyssey §1. The ancient Greek epic known as the Homeric Odyssey is symmetrical with another epic, the Homeric Iliad,...
“Homer,” The Battle of Frogs and Mice
Greece 6th through 4th centuries BCE or later “Homer” The Battle of Frogs and Mice (Batrakhomuomakhia) The Batrakhomuomakhia (“The Battle of Frogs and Mice”, also Batrakhomakhia) is our sole extant full example of epic parody. It is dated to the 6th...
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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