Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it “longer than it is.” But “Paradise Lost” ...

The greatest epic poem in the English language, John Milton’s Paradise Lost, has divided critics – but its influence on English literature is second only to Shakespeare’s.

That’s in contrast to another Old English epic called Genesis, which was also believed to be by more than one author. Analysis of that poem shows noticeable differences between its various parts.

New translations of the “Aeneid,” “Beowulf” and other ancient stories challenge some of our modern-day ideas. By Talya Zax The “Aeneid,” Virgil’s epic about the founding of Rome by ...

All Day Permanent Red: The First Battle Scenes of Homer’s Iliad RewrittenBy Christopher LogueFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 53 pages, $18CuspBy Jennifer GrotzHoughton Mifflin, 66 pages, $12 paperAs ...

T he mere mention of Grendel the classic monster from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon era epic poem, Beowulf is enough to unlock a portal buried deep within the brain of every former English student ...

The weekend’s boxoffice crown should be copped by an animated feature based on an Old English epic poem. Let that sink in for a second. Then know that this is Robert Zemeckis’ passion project ...

One of two great epic poems by Homer to survive from ancient Greece, The Iliad unfolds across two months in the final year of the Trojan War. The Greeks – led by Agamemnon, and with Achilles as ...