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Favorite National Epic?

Started by Queequeg, March 25, 2009, 02:10:05 PM

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Favorite national epic, in prose or poetic form.

The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumer)
2 (4.5%)
The Illiad (Ancient Greece)
9 (20.5%)
The Aeneid (Rome)
3 (6.8%)
Ramayana (India)
0 (0%)
Beowulf (Anglo-Saxons)
3 (6.8%)
Shahnameh (Persian)
0 (0%)
The Song of My Lord (Spain)
1 (2.3%)
The Divine Comedy (Italy)
1 (2.3%)
Táin Bó Cúailnge (Ireland)
3 (6.8%)
The Eddas (Norse)
5 (11.4%)
The Nibelungenlied (Germany)
2 (4.5%)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (China)
4 (9.1%)
Paradise Lost (England)
2 (4.5%)
Moby-Dick (USA)
3 (6.8%)
War and Peace (Russia)
0 (0%)
Kaevala (Finns, other Uralic freaks)
2 (4.5%)
Other
4 (9.1%)

Total Members Voted: 43

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Malthus

#105
March 26, 2009, 09:04:43 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on March 26, 2009, 08:48:29 AM
Honey, read Hunters of Gor to me.

If you read it in bed, you can act out the best parts.  :D
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Oexmelin

#106
March 26, 2009, 10:51:01 AM
Quote from: Malthus on March 26, 2009, 08:45:02 AM
Reading out loud isn't just for kids, IMO. It is a fun activity for adults, too. We certainly enjoy it - it takes a certain amount of skill to do it well, and it beats watching TV in bed.

:yes:
Que le grand cric me croque !
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