Epics
Aladdin, Or, The Wonderful Lamp
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Adam Oehlenschläger
This retelling of Aladdin in dramatic verse begins in the humble home of a tailor, whose son spends his days in idleness and brings his pare…
Achilleid
Read by Leni
Publius Papinius Statius
The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the l…
The Man in the Panther's Skin
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Shota Rustaveli
Georgian mediæval epic poem written in the time of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Couched in the chivalric language of the 12th Centur…
The Nibelungenlied
Read by Kurt
Anonymoustranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler, Unknowntranslated Bygeorge Henry Needler and Unknowntranslated By George Henry Needler
The only translation into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original of the epic German poem The Nibelungenlied. There was a 2013 Li…
Tannhäuser
Read by Alan Mapstone
Richard Wagner
The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, re…
Clarel
Read by Matthew Muñoz
Herman Melville
An epic poem, the eponymous pilgrim's journey to the Holy Land. - Summary by Matthew Muñoz
The Song of Three Friends
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
The Song of Three Friends is one of five epic poems in Neihardt's, "Cycle of the West". In eight cantos it tells the tale of thre…
The Set-Up
Read by Ben Tucker
Joseph Moncure March
The Set-Up is the classic epic hard-edged poem of an aging African American boxer who is set up to take a fall in the ring against a younger…
Cinnamon and Angelica
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John Middleton Murry
"Was ever love like this? If verily there was, why was it not set down in story or in song? Or were they dumb on whom it did descend? O…
Pelayo
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
This epic poem tells the dramatic story of King Pelayo, an Asturian ruler in Northern Spain who lead his people to a hard-fought victory ove…