EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE LUSIAD.June 8, 2019When Jupiter, looking down from Olympus, saw the Lusitanian fleet sailing over the heretofore untravelled seas, he called the gods…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE ORLANDO FURIOSOJune 8, 2019The Emperor Charlemagne was at war with the Moors and had camped near the Pyrenees with his host, determined to…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY ~ THE PURGATORY.June 8, 2019As morning dawned and the poets slowly climbed out of the infernal region and stepped upon the isle from which…
Others THE STORY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY.June 8, 2019THE HELL. The poet Dante, in the thirty-fifth year of his life, this being the year 1300 A. D., on…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE POEM OF THE CIDJune 8, 2019Tears stood in the eyes of the Cid as he looked at his pillaged castle. The coffers were empty, even…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE SHAH-NAMEHJune 8, 2019Kaiumers was the first King of Persia, and against him Ahriman, the evil, through jealousy of his greatness, sent forth…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE SONG OF ROLANDJune 8, 2019For full seven years had Charlemagne tarried in Spain, and all the land lay conquered save the city of Saragossa….
Others THE STORY OF THE NIBELUNGEN LIED.June 8, 2019In the beautiful city of Worms, in Burgundy, dwelt the maiden Kriemhild, surpassing all others in beauty. Her father, long…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF BEOWULFJune 8, 2019A mighty man was Scyld, ruler of the Gar-Danes. From far across the whale-path men paid him tribute and bore…
EpicMythology THE STORY OF THE AENEIDJune 8, 2019For many years the heroic Aeneas, who escaped from falling Troy to seek the shores of Italy, there to found…