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The Whale Hunt
An interesting display of the modern epic of a whale hunt by Inupiat Eskimos. Follow the hunt from preparation to the end in these pictures from Jonathan Harris. Be sure to click on the topics on the left of the screen to read about how...
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Study Guide for Iliad: Books 1 4
This overview of the earliest sections of the Iliad, followed by study questions, guides the reader through the most important themes of the epic. Provides links to information regarding all the books.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Monsters
Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, young scholars create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Lucretius
As one of the primary spokesmen for the Epicurean philosophy, Lucretius (99-55 BCE) wrote a philosophical epic "De Rerum Naturum," in which the Epicurean belief in the atomic nature of matter is presented. Look for the section entitled...
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The Great Green Wall
The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000 km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa. A decade in and roughly 15% underway, the initiative is already bringing life back...
PBS
Pbs American Experience: She Resisted: Strategies of Suffrage
Explores the final decade of the women's suffrage movement through powerful images, brought to life with color for the first time. Live through the epic 1913 Washington, D.C. procession, Ida B. Wells's successful voter registration...
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Indian Literature: Mahabharata
Concise explanation of the longest Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata.
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Poetics by Aristotle
Well here it is, the basis for Art Imitating Nature! This site is all text translated by S. H. Butcher. 26 chapters on the subject. If you wondered about the origins of the concept, here it is.
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Heike Monogatari
A summary of The Tale of the Heike and important characters and themes in this epic which related to the miltary culture of the fourth century in Japan.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Metamorphoses
Written around 2 A.D. this poem about change is analysed in detail in this outstanding site. Look at important quotations and their significance as well as the major characters in this epic poem.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Heroes of the Middle Ages
Approximately half-way through this essay is an intriguing paragraph dealing with Sir Gawain's spiritual battle in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." This is contrasted with the more traditional physical battle of many epic heroes....
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The Mahabharata
This resource presents a synopsis of one of the great epics of India, concerning an 18-day war among 18 armies.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Paradise Lost
This site gives outstanding insights into Milton's great poem, Paradise Lost. Read about the characters the themes and important quotations in this fascinating site.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: "The Odyssey" by Homer
Read the entire text of Homer's "The Odyssey" online or download the ebook in multiple digital formats. Bookmarking available.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers: Upton Sinclair and Muckrakers
A companion to C-SPAN's series, this site features a brief biography of Upton Sinclair, the text of his influential book, "The Jungle," and links to information about the Chicago Stockyards, as well as to other sites about Sinclair and...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: George Eliot Middlemarch
At this website, read the full text of George Eliot's novel, "Middlemarch." Included is a brief paragraph intoducing the book, its context, and its plot.
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Abney Website: Ap Vergil's Aeneid
This comprehensive teacher-created resource provides many resources for teaching the "Aeneid." Lots of help on vocabulary, scansion tests, and figures of speech. Activities for every book.
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Lone Star Internet: Culture Cafe: The Adventures of Beowulf
This site provides background information and the complete text of the Old English translation by Dr. David Breeden of Beowulf.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Augustan Age 1689 1745
This lesson focuses on the Augustan Age and Alexander Pope, who coined the term. It featues links to a Pope biography, "The Rape of the Lock," text, notes and questions, and "The Rhetorical Organization of the Neoclassical Couplet."
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Biggest Single Celled Organism?
The elephant is a creature of epic proportions- and yet, it owes its enormity to more than 1,000 trillion microscopic cells. And on the epically small end of things, there are likely millions of unicellular species, yet there are very...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: John Milton
This site features the author John Milton including a biography and the full text of the epic poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: The Wester Theater: The Opening Moves
From "Epic Battles of the Civil War, 1861-1865" comes this overview of the Main Western Theater in 1861 and 1862. Read about the struggle for Kentucky and the success of the Union at Ft. Henry and Ft. Donelson. Hyperlinks to battle...
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Home of the American Civil War: The Eastern Theater: The Peninsula Campaign
A lengthy description of the Peninsula Campaign. Read about the strategy involved in this lengthy campaign, the goals, and the results for both the Union and Confederacy. From "Epic Battles of the Civil War" by Curtis M. Jingle, Michael...
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Home of the American Civil War: Chancellorsville Campaign
A brief description of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April and May, 1863. From "Epic Battles of the Civil War" by Curtis M. Jingle, Michael R. Brasher, and Warren Von Worley.