 | The Mahabharata
Buy new: $23.24 / Used from: $5.64 Considered the longest poem with 100000 verses. An epic tale of a destructive war, the events that lead to it. and the aftermath. Leaves you with a sense of nothingness.
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 | Ramayana by William Buck
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $6.96 A moral tale about family values, sacrifice, the struggle between good and evil, and the defeat of evil through its arrogance.
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 | The Persian Book of Kings: An Epitome of the Shahnama of Firdawsi by B W Robinson
Buy new: $124.10 / Used from: $125.00 A heroic history of Persia, Turan, Iran and Zaboulistan from immemorial times to the advent of Islam.
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 | The Epic of Gilgamesh: An English Verison with an Introduction (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 An epic meditation on human mortality and afterlife.
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 | The Poetic Edda (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy used from: $2.75 The oral history of Icelandic races.
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 | The Nibelungenlied (Dover Thrift Editions)
Buy new: $3.50 / Used from: $0.01 The epic tale of the destruction of Burgundians by Attila's army and the events that led to it.
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 | The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lonnrot (Oxford World's Classics Series) by Elias Lonnrot
Buy used from: $4.50 The Finnish national epic.
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 | The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature)
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $11.46 A half mythical ancient history of Japan.
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 | Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 (Tut Books. H) by Shoi Nihon
Buy used from: $7.90 The sequel to Kojiki.
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 | Enuma Elish Vol 1 & 2: The Seven Tablets of Creation; The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind
Buy new: $33.45 / Used from: $21.49 The source for Babylonian mythology of creation.
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 | The Iliad of Homer by Homer
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.02 The epic story of the Trojan War focussing on the hero Achilles and his death.
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 | The Odyssey by Homer
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $3.65 The story of Odysseus' journey back home after the Trojan War.
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 | The Aeneid by Virgil
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.49 The story of Aeneas journey to Rome after the defeat in Trojan War, his victory over the Latins and the establishment of Rome.
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 | Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Loeb Classical Library No. 19) by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $20.49 The missing link in the story of the Trojan War that covers the eventual destruction of Troy and the famous story of the Trojan horse.
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 | The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $3.35 Considered the first novel of Japan.
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 | The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 A heroic and brutal song about the defeat of Roland's forces (Roland was a knight of Charlemagne) at the hands of the Moroccoans and the death of Roland.
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 | Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.83 A mythical tale of early Swedish kings, and the fight with a monster dragon that haunts the palace.
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 | The Poem of the Cid: Dual Language Edition (Penguin Classics) (Spanish and English Edition) by Anonymous
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $2.70 A brutal tale of a rape avenged by the father - hero of Spain 'El Cid'
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 | Srimad-Bhagavatam: Bhagavata Purana (18 Vol. Set) by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Buy used from: $349.99 The story of Lord Krishna (avatar of Vishnu) from birth to death.
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 | The Vishnu Purana (Text in Devanagari, English Translation & Notes Verse-Wise) 2 vol set.
Buy used from: $43.58 The story of Vishnu (Hindu diety - preserver of world) and his avatars.
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| Siva Purana (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Series)
Buy used from: $9.99 The story of Shiva (Hindu diety - the destroyer of all things).
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 | Njal's Saga (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.88 A Viking saga of revenge.
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 | Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy used from: $0.89 An Icelandic saga.
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 | The Book of Dede Korkut (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy used from: $18.99 The epic of the Turks.
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 | Romance of Three Kingdoms by Kuan-Chung Lo
Buy used from: $20.00 A classic Chinese epic novel.
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 | The Warrior Song of King Gesar by Douglas J. Penick
Buy used from: $44.84 The Tibetan national epic.
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 | The Mabinogion (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.28 The Welsh national epic.
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