Iliad
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The Iliad is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest
extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is
divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. Wikipedia
Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh
begins with five Sumerian poems about Bilgamesh, king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of
Ur. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic in
Akkadian. Wikipedia
Epic of Gilgamesh
Aeneid
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The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of
Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Written by the Roman
poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, the Aeneid comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter
Divine Comedy
Description
The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed
around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian
literature and one of the greatest works of Western literature. Wikipedia
