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Index
THE BOOK OF THE EPIC
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
THE BOOK OF THE EPIC
GREEK EPICS
THE ILIAD
THE ODYSSEY
LATIN EPICS
THE AENEID
FRENCH EPICS
THE SONG OF ROLAND[8]
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
SPANISH EPICS
THE CID
PORTUGUESE EPICS
THE LUSIAD
ITALIAN EPICS
DIVINE COMEDY
PURGATORY
PARADISE
THE ORLANDOS
GERUSALEMME LIBERATA, OR JERUSALEM DELIVERED
EPICS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
BEOWULF[21]
THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE
ROBIN HOOD
THE FAERIE QUEENE
BOOK II. THE LEGEND OF SIR GUYON, OR OF TEMPERANCE
BOOK III. THE STORY OF BRITOMART,—CHASTITY
BOOK IV. LEGEND OF COMBEL AND TRIAMOND, OR OF FRIENDSHIP
BOOK V. THE LEGEND OF SIR ARTEGALL,—JUSTICE
BOOK VI. LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE, OR OF COURTESY
PARADISE LOST
Book I. After intimating he intends "no middle flight," but proposes to "justify the ways of God to man," Milton states the fall was due to the serpent, who, in revenge for being cast out of heaven with his hosts, induced the mother of mankind to sin. He adds how, hurled from the ethereal sky to the bottomless pit, Satan lands in a burning lake of asphalt. There, oppressed by the sense of lost happiness and lasting pain, he casts his eyes about him, and, flames making the darkness visible, beholds those enveloped in his doom suffering the same dire pangs. Full of immortal hate, unconquerable will, and a determination never to submit or yield, Satan, confident his companions will not fail him, and enriched by past experiences, determines to continue disputing the mastery of heaven from the Almighty.
PARADISE REGAINED
GERMAN EPICS
THE NIBELUNGENLIED[29]
STORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL
EPICS OF THE NETHERLANDS
SCANDINAVIAN EPICS
THE VOLSUNGA SAGA[34]
RUSSIAN AND FINNISH EPICS
THE KALEVALA, OR THE LAND OF HEROES
THE EPICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA
HEBREW AND EARLY CHRISTIAN EPICS
ARABIAN AND PERSIAN EPICS
THE SHAH-NAMEH, OR EPIC OF KINGS
INDIAN EPICS
THE RAMAYANA
THE MAHABHARATA
THE STORY OF THE DELUGE
THE STORY OF NALA AND DAMAYANTI
THE STORY OF SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN
CHINESE AND JAPANESE POETRY
AMERICAN EPICS
INDEX OF NAMES
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