Epic poetry: A Selection
Famous epic poems from a range of different countries
created by mythos
last updated April, 2026
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I wish there was an epic reading quest that would be soo cool!
Oh perfect, just the right list to pick something from once I'm done with Dante 😄
Might I suggest adding the Poetic Edda?
mythosOP
Definitely! The list is still a work-in-progress, so if you think of anything else, suggestions are welcome! :)
ooh this is so cool!
Amazing! :) I read 26 epics with women heroes earlier this year, if you are interested I can link you the books
mythosOP
Oh yes, that sounds amazing!
Oh my god, this is amazing! Thanks!! You should also totally turn this into a PB list, if you haven't already - I bet a lot of people would be interested!
Good point! I'll make a women's epics list 😊
Just so you're aware: I think you may have accidentally added Kafka's Metamorphosis instead of Ovid's.
Shit, again??? I could've sworn i had corrected that 😭😭 thanks!! ETA: for some reason Kafka's Metamorphosis was on all 3 of my latin/ancient lit lists instead of Ovid's??? I'm so confused. I'm assuming there was an issue with the books accidentally being fused together? 🙈
No problem. That's strange and also really annoying. Maybe you could report it as a bug? Hopefully it'll stop happening 🤞
Just did a quick check and yeah, they merged some editions of Ovid's Metamorphoses with Kafka's The Metamorphosis — I'll write a bug report to let them know
