Epic

14 works

14 works of Epic in the Western literary canon — ranked by Gröblé, with difficulty, length, and influence at a glance.

Epic, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 1The Divine Comedy1320Dante AlighieriGrueling·Epic·719 pagesInfluence97Popularity84MedievalEpicItalian
  2. 6Paradise Lost1667John MiltonGrueling·Long·453 pagesInfluence92Popularity70RenaissanceEpicEnglish
  3. 15The Aeneid19 BCVirgilHard·Long·484 pagesInfluence96Popularity70Ancient RomeEpicLatin
  4. 24The Mahabharata~400 BCVyasaHard·Epic·888 pagesInfluence79Popularity66Ancient EastEpicSanskrit
  5. 61The Iliad~750 BCHomerHard·Epic·704 pagesInfluence99Popularity92Ancient GreeceEpicAncient Greek
  6. 74The Epic of Gilgamesh~1200 BCAnonymousBreezy·Medium·304 pagesInfluence84Popularity71Ancient EastEpicSumerian/Akkadian
  7. 83Beowulf~1000UnknownHard·Quick·213 pagesInfluence66Popularity72MedievalEpicOld English
  8. 86The Odyssey~725 BCHomerHard·Long·541 pagesInfluence98Popularity94Ancient GreeceEpicAncient Greek
  9. 97The Nibelungenlied~1200UnknownHard·Long·403 pagesInfluence64Popularity30MedievalEpicMiddle High German
  10. 104Metamorphoses8OvidHard·Epic·576 pagesInfluence96Popularity68Ancient RomeEpicLatin
  11. 148The Lusiads1572Luís de CamõesHard·Short·258 pagesInfluence7Popularity12RenaissanceEpicPortuguese
  12. 166The Song of Roland~1100UnknownHard·Short·224 pagesInfluence66Popularity30MedievalEpicOld French
  13. 196The Poetic Edda~1270UnknownHard·Medium·382 pagesInfluence6Popularity30MedievalEpicOld Norse
  14. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner1798Samuel Taylor Coleridge—·Quick·76 pagesInfluence—Popularity—PoetsEpicEnglish