Epics of the World

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Cards (8)

  • 1. Beowulf (Epic of England) - Three antagonists: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, dragon
  • Song of Roland (Epic of France) - Roland led the army of King Charlemagne in fighting the Saracens.
  • Aeneid (Epic of Italy) - Narrated the story of Aeneas as was in exile and discovered the ‘to-be’ city of Rome.
  • Iliad and Odyssey (Epic of Greece)
    A. Iliad - narrated the feud between the Trojans and Achaeans (10-year siege)
    ❖ Hector killed Patroclus; Achilles killed Hector; Paris killed Achilles
    ❖ Hector: Tamer of Horses
    ❖ Achilles’ Heel – weakness
  • Odyssey
    ❖ Homer's epic of Odysseus' 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War.
  • Nibelungenlied (Epic of Germany)
    ❖ Story of Kriemhild and Siegfried
  • Mahabharata (Epic of India)
    ❖ Longest epic in the world
  • Epic of Gilgamesh (Epic of Babylon)
    ❖ Oldest epic in the world