For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

Epic poems are more complex than they are often given credit for. They tell us of the failings of great men and the downfalls caused by pride—moments that aren’t “epic” in the modern ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered opening remarks Wednesday at Little Rock's Statehouse Convention Center as Indian ...

“Epic poetry has shaped the way that we perceive our universe. We’ve used these epics to justify ourselves,” Headley said. “Now is the moment to open the doors. ...

Roque Raquel Salas Rivera’s epic poem “Algarabía” follows the journey of its protagonist, Cenex, on the Isle of Algarabía, a fantastical projection of Puerto Rico, referred to in the poem ...

PJ Harvey's latest album is I Inside the Old Year Dying.It's a knotty musical expansion of the world she created in Orlam, the epic poem Harvey published in 2022. Steve Gullick/Courtesy of the ...

If ever a work of art merited comparison with epic poetry, "The Battle of Issus" is it. Albrecht Altdorfer's depiction of the moment in 333 B.C. when Alexander the Great routed Darius III for ...

Epic poems are more complex than they are often given credit for. They tell us of the failings of great men and the downfalls caused by pride—moments that aren’t “epic” in the modern ...