European Languages
Aeneid, a Roman epic
Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic written in Old English
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire an Irish lament
Cikli i Kreshnikëve, an Albanian epic
David of Sasun, Armenian national epic about war for freedom against Arabs in 9th century
Edda, a collection of Icelandic poems
Iliad, a Greek epic
Kalevala, a Finnish epic
Kalevipoeg, an Estonian epic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a Georgian epic poem
Lāčplēsis, a Latvian epic
Le Morte d'Arthur, a collection of Arthurian legends in Middle English
Mabinogion, a Welsh epic
Nibelungenlied, a German epic poem
Njál's saga, an Icelandic saga
Odyssey, a Greek epic
Os Lusíadas, a Portuguese epic
Prince Marko, a Serbian epic
Táin Bó Cúailnge, an Irish epic
The Lay of the Cid, a Spanish epic.
The Tale of Igor's Campaign, a Slavic epic
Volsunga saga, a Scandinavian saga
Zoraje, a Slovene epic
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