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Epic poetry

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  • The Divine Comedy

    The Divine Comedy — Dante Alighieri. Dante's imagined journey leads through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided first by Virgil and later by Beatrice. This complete English translation by Henry Francis Cary brings together the poem's moral vision, historical encounters, and search for spiritual understanding.

    Dante AlighieriEpic poetryeBook

  • The Iliad

    The Iliad — Homer. In the final year of the Trojan War, Achilles’ anger changes the course of the fighting and the fates of those around him. Homer’s epic brings heroic ambition into confrontation with loss, pity and the shared vulnerability of enemies.

    HomerEpic poetryeBook

  • The Odyssey

    The Odyssey — Homer. Odysseus faces storms, monsters, and temptation during his long journey home after the Trojan War. In Ithaca, Penelope and Telemachus endure the suitors while the returning king prepares to reclaim his household.

    HomerEpic poetryeBook
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