Epic Poetry
Readings of great seldom heard Epic Poems. These poems stem from a wonderful tradition of storytelling, of bards and skalds, and should be read aloud. Hear The Fall of Troy, the Volsunga saga, the story of Parzival, Paradise Lost, The Nibelungenlied, The Aeneid, the Lays of Ancient Rome and other great poems of mighty deeds, brave men, and gods.
The Lays of Ancient Rome - Battle of Lake Regillus
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Thomas Babbington Macaulay's fine poem detailing the third and final attempt of the exiled king Tarquin the Proud to reclaim his position in Rome. This battle marks the breaking of the 30 city Latin League by the Romans.
At the Lake Regillus Battle, the Romans were led by a dictator, A. Postumius Albus, with Titus Aebutius as master of the horse, and helped by the mythological twins, the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, on horseback.
The poem celibrates the aniversary of the Battle on the Ides of Quintilis (July for us post Julians)
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