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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Old English epic poem ‘Beowulf’ is a simple tale told in a fascinating language . June 11, 2025 e-Paper. LOGIN Account. eBooks Subscribe GIFT FRONT PAGE. Search. Live Now. News.