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what are some good epics other than odyssey and ulysees /lit/?

>> No.2206432

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

>> No.2206436

uh. the iliad duh?? and the mahabharata, the ramayana, the aeneid, beowulf, the shahnameh, the nibelungenlied, the divine comedy, orlando furioso, the faerie queen, paradise lost

>> No.2206438

A great modern epic is Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami. One of the best books i ever read for sure.

>> No.2206441

>>2206436
ive been thinking about reading beowulf actually, should get on to that

>> No.2206447

you realize ulysses is only like 100 years old right?

>> No.2206459

skyruim is epic XD foostorah!!

>> No.2206463

>>2206447
time doesn't an epic make

>> No.2206532

wheel of time

maybe a few books are skippable if you can't make yourself read that many books, but the end books are coming in a few years and sanderson's doing a hell of a job finishing what he himself grew up reading


great epic story but it's not all black and white, despite the good versus evil theme

>> No.2206533

>>2206532
welp, thread ruined, good job eveyrone, it was fun while it lasted

>> No.2207728

>>2206447
Considering "Ulysses" is based off of "The Odyssey" albeit in a more modern setting, yeeeeeeeeeeeah.

>> No.2207730

Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.2207733

gilgamesh

>> No.2207734

Paradise Lost

>> No.2207755

Lord of the Rings obviously.

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2207759

Ovid's Metamorphosis, perhaps.

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2207760

The fuck..?

>MetamorphoSES

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2207764

Epic.

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>>2207764
dude, those look super sweet!

>> No.2207787

>>2207759
is that a fuckin watercolor?

>> No.2207791

Homer's The Iliad. it's epic.

>> No.2207794

The Aeneid
The Epic of Glgamesh
The Great American Novel by Philip Roth

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>>2207794

>> No.2207807

A Game of Thrones

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>>2207787
Perseus on Pegasus hastening to the rescue of Andromeda (1895-1896), oil on canvas painting by the British painter Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)

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>>2207801

Here try this one.

>> No.2208081

Iliad, Aeneid, Metamorphoses, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, Os Lusiadas, Paradise Lost/Regained