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Start of eBook	1
ILLUSTRATIONS	1
THE BOOK OF THE EPIC	2
FOOTNOTES:	4
THE ILIAD	4
FOOTNOTES:	18
THE ODYSSEY	18
FOOTNOTES:	33
LATIN EPICS	33
THE AENEID	34
FOOTNOTES:	45
FRENCH EPICS	45
FOOTNOTES:	47
THE SONG OF ROLAND[8]	47
FOOTNOTES:	59
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE	59
FOOTNOTES:	63
SPANISH EPICS	63
THE CID	64
FOOTNOTES:	77
PORTUGUESE EPICS	77
THE LUSIAD	77
FOOTNOTES:	83
ITALIAN EPICS	83
DIVINE COMEDY	85
PURGATORY	99
PARADISE	110
FOOTNOTES:	118
THE ORLANDOS	118
GERUSALEMME LIBERATA, OR JERUSALEM DELIVERED	124
EPICS OF THE BRITISH ISLES	135
FOOTNOTES:	141
BEOWULF[21]	141
FOOTNOTES:	146
THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE	146
FOOTNOTES:	155
ROBIN HOOD	155
THE FAERIE QUEENE	164
BOOK II. THE LEGEND OF SIR GUYON, OR OF TEMPERANCE	170
BOOK III. THE STORY OF BRITOMART,—CHASTITY	173
BOOK IV. LEGEND OF COMBEL AND TRIAMOND, OR OF FRIENDSHIP	177
BOOK V. THE LEGEND OF SIR ARTEGALL,—JUSTICE	180
BOOK VI. LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE, OR OF COURTESY	183
PARADISE LOST	187
PARADISE REGAINED	204
GERMAN EPICS	210
FOOTNOTES:	213
THE NIBELUNGENLIED[29]	214
FOOTNOTES:	226
STORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL	227
FOOTNOTES:	233
EPICS OF THE NETHERLANDS	233
FOOTNOTES:	235
SCANDINAVIAN EPICS	235
THE VOLSUNGA SAGA[34]	237
FOOTNOTES:	244
RUSSIAN AND FINNISH EPICS	244
THE KALEVALA, OR THE LAND OF HEROES	245
FOOTNOTES:	256
THE EPICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA	256
FOOTNOTES:	258
HEBREW AND EARLY CHRISTIAN EPICS	258
ARABIAN AND PERSIAN EPICS	259
THE SHAH-NAMEH, OR EPIC OF KINGS	260
FOOTNOTES:	271
INDIAN EPICS	271
THE RAMAYANA	272
FOOTNOTES:	281
THE MAHABHARATA	281
THE STORY OF THE DELUGE	292
FOOTNOTES:	292
THE STORY OF NALA AND DAMAYANTI	292
THE STORY OF SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN	295
CHINESE AND JAPANESE POETRY	297
AMERICAN EPICS	303
INDEX OF NAMES	306

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