Epic: Did you mean...?

Great video I use in my classroom. The only reason I'm putting it up is that I want this for the rest of my career. The kids love it.

This is the classic Academy-Award-winning documentary film about an astonishing adventure: a journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean spanning 4,300 nautical miles. #kontiki #history...

The gods of the Mesopotamian region were not uniform in name, power, provenance or status in the hierarchy. Mesopotamian culture varied from region to region and, because of this...

Sometimes it is the smallest discoveries that have the largest impact. When Alexandra Kleinerman and Alhena Gadotti found a new fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh in 2015 CE, it did not seem to be...

Calliope (also spelt Kalliope) is the Muse of epic poetry and heroic song in Greek mythology. She is considered the leader of the Muses and the most honoured of them all. She is often represented in art with a tablet on her knee and...

Ancient Mesopotamian literature developed circa 2600 BCE after scribes, who had formerly been record-keepers, began composing original works in the region of Sumer. The Sumerians invented writing...

The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic where the main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura. Interwoven into this narrative...

Odysseus, the legendary king of Ithaca, belongs to the Greek Heroic Age, traditionally associated with the Trojan War near the end of the Late Bronze Age (conventionally c. 13th–12th centuries...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the most popular works of literature in the present day and has influenced countless readers, but for the greater part of its history, it was lost. The Assyrian Empire...