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52 works

Works (52)

The Aeneid

Aeneis

Virgil · Classical Latin · 19 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
9 translations

Andromache

Ἀνδρομάχη

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 420 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

Argonautica

Ἀργοναυτικά

Apollonius of Rhodes · Epic Greek · 350 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
3 translations

The Bacchae

Βάκχαι

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 405 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
4 translations

Beowulf

Bēowulf

Unknown · Anglo-Saxon · 975

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
7 translations

Children of Heracles

Ἡρακλεῖδαι

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 430 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

Cyclops

Κύκλωψ

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 410 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

Digenes Akritas

Διγενής Ακρίτας

Unknown · Medieval Greek · 1200

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
2 translations

Dionysiaca

Διονυσιακά

Nonnus · Epic Greek · 450

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
4 translations

Divine Comedy. Book 1, Inferno.

Divina Commedia, I cantica: Inferno.

Dante Alighieri · Italian · 1321

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
7 translations

Divine Comedy. Book 2, Purgatorio.

Divina Commedia, II cantica: Purgatorio.

Dante Alighieri · Italian · 1321

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
8 translations

Divine Comedy. Book 3, Paradiso.

Divina Commedia, III cantica: Paradiso

Dante Alighieri · Italian · 1321

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
7 translations

Electra

Ἠλέκτρα

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 420 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

The Epic of Gilgamesh

𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒈩

Sîn-lēqi-unninni · Akkadian · 1200 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
7 translations

Epic of King Gesar

གླིང་གེ་སར།,

Unknown · Tibetan · 1500

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Epic of King Gesar

Гэсэр хааны тууж

Unknown · Mongolian · 1716

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Epic of Manas

Манас дастаны

Sagymbai Orozbak uulu · Kyrgyz · 1885

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Epic of Sunjata

Sònjàdà

Banna Kanute · Mandinka · 1400

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Fragments

αποσπάσματα

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 406 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

Fragments

αποσπάσματα (apospasmata)

Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 456 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

Hecuba

Ἑκάβη

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 424 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

Helen

Ἑλένη

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 412 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
3 translations

Hippolytus

Ἱππόλυτος

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 428 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
5 translations

Iliad

Ἰλιάς

Homer · Epic Greek · 800 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
9 translations

Ion

Ἴων

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 412 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
3 translations

Iphigenia in Aulis

Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 407 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

Jerusalem Delivered

Gerusalemme liberata

Torquato Tasso · Italian · 1581

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
3 translations

The Libation Bearers

Χοηφόροι

Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 459 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
3 translations

The Lusiads

Os Lusíadas

Luís de Camões · Portuguese · 1572

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Mahabharata

महाभारतम्

Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa · Epic Sanskrit · 300 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
4 translations

Medea

Μήδεια

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 435 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
4 translations

Merlin

Merlin

Robert de Boron · Old French · 1200

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

Mirgorod

Миргород

Nikolai Gogol · Russian · 1835

Short Story Collection / Tales
3 translations

The Odyssey

Ὀδύσσεια

Homer · Epic Greek · 800 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
10 translations

Orestes

Ὀρέστης

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 408 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
2 translations

Orlando Furioso

Orlando furioso

Ludovico Ariosto · Italian · 1516

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
4 translations

The Persians

Πέρσαι

Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 472 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
3 translations

The Phoenician Women

Φοίνισσαι

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 410 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

Posthomerica

τὰ μεθ’ Ὅμηρον

Quintus Smyrnaeus · Epic Greek · 300

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
2 translations

Ramavataram

கம்பராமாயணம்

Kambar · Tamil · 1200

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
2 translations

Ramayana

रामायण

Valmiki · Epic Sanskrit · 700 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
7 translations

Rhesus

Ῥῆσος

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 410 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

三國演義

Luo Guanzhong · Classical Vernacular Chinese · 1350

Novel
5 translations

Seven Against Thebes

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας

Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 467 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
4 translations

The Song of El Cid

El Cantar de Mio Cid

Unknown · Old Spanish · 1140

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

The Song of Roland

La Chanson de Roland

Turoldus · Old French · 1100

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
6 translations

Story of Sinuhe

Za-Nehet

Unknown · Middle Egyptian · 1800 BCE

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

The Suppliant Women

Ἱκέτιδες

Euripides · Classical Attic Greek · 423 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
1 translation

The Suppliants

Ἱκέτιδες

Aeschylus · Classical Attic Greek · 463 BCE

Drama / Theatre / Plays
5 translations

The Táin

Táin Bó Cúailnge

Unknown · Middle Irish · 670

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation

The Tale of Kieu

傳翹; Truyện Kiều

Nguyễn Du · Vietnamese · 1820

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
3 translations

The Tale of Lady Delhemma

سيرة ذات الهمة

Unknown · Classical Arabic · 900

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem
1 translation