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.
Excelsior - Longfellow
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Onward and Upward!!
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Monday, Jan 14, 2008The Fall of Troy - Book IX - How from his long lone exile returned to the war Philoctetes
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The battle on the plain of Troy rages on. Meanwhile, Diomede and Odysseus venture to Lemnos to retrieve Philoctetes, the archer - possessor of the bow and arrows of Hercules.
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Friday, Jan 11, 2008Eldorado - Edgar Allan Poe
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Not an Epic Poem but captures the flavor of an epic quest.
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