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The Odyssey
by Homer ()
★3.83(1.1K)
Like 'omeros derek', this epic poem features a journey and mythological elements.
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omeros derek
by walcott (1990)
★3.25(10 ratings)
A poem in five books, of circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, which simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events -- the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement -- and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile.
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The Aeneid
by Virgil ()
★3.66(112)
Similar to 'omeros derek', this epic poem explores history and mythology with a grand scope.
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Paradise Lost
by John Milton (1667)
★3.72(233)
Like 'omeros derek', this is a monumental epic poem grappling with profound themes.
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The Waste Land
by T.S. Eliot (1922)
★3.97(73)
This modernist poem, like 'omeros derek', uses myth to explore historical and personal fragmentation.
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Ulysses
by James Joyce (1920)
★3.84(237)
Echoing 'omeros derek', this novel reimagines epic themes in a contemporary, localized setting.
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