Category Archives: Epics

Audiobook: Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri

Audiobook: Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John

Audiobook: Don Juan, Canto 1

Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend

Audiobook: Eirik the Red’s Saga

In this saga, the events that led to Eirik the Red’s banishment to Greenland are

Audiobook: Iliad

The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally

Audiobook: Ballad of the White Horse

An English epic poem that follows the exploits of Alfred the Great in his defense

Audiobook: Milton: a Poem

Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804

Audiobook: Paradise Regained

Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in

Audiobook: Song of Roland

The Song of Roland is an epic poem, originally sung in Old French. It tells

Audiobook: Lusiads

The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by

Audiobook: Song of Hiawatha

I sing the Song of Hiawatha, Brave of heart and strong of arm. Daughter’s son

Audiobook: Balder Dead

“Balder Dead” is a beautiful epic poem by Matthew Arnold. It draws from Norse mythology

Audiobook: Mahabharata by Vyasa: The epic of ancient India condensed into English verse

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the

Audiobook: Don Juan, Cantos 13 – 16

These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the

Audiobook: Ramayan, Book 2

The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki

Audiobook: Orlando Furioso

Charlemagne’s nephew Orlando (AKA Roland) is driven insane by the infidelity of his beloved Angelica.

Audiobook: Jerusalem – The Emanation of the Giant Albion

The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake’s own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last

Audiobook: Adam and Eve

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Fourth Book)

Audiobook: Giaour

“The Giaour” is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first

Audiobook: Jerusalem Delivered

The First Crusade provides the backdrop for a rich tapestry of political machinations, military conflicts,

Audiobook: Drake

Alfred Noyes, in the blank-verse epic “Drake”, fictionalizes the historical Francis Drake, who, during the

Audiobook: Faerie Queene (version 2)

Spenser planned a 24-book romance-epic consisting of two parts, of which he completed half of

Audiobook: Beowulf (version 2)

Beowulf was composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. Francis Barton Gummere translates this beautiful poem.

Audiobook: Paradise Lost (version 2)

As Vergil had surpassed Homer by adapting the epic form to celebrate the origin of

Audiobook: Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ

This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet.

Audiobook: Balder Dead (version 2)

The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the

Audiobook: Sohrab and Rustum: An Episode

A young soldier born among Tartars but sired by the mighty Persian lord Rustum, serves

Audiobook: Beowulf (Hall translation)

The most famous piece of Old English literature, Beowulf was written by an unknown poet

Audiobook: Hermann and Dorothea

There are few modern poems of any country so perfect in their kind as the

Audiobook: Achilleid

The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius.