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1. The Braveheart Legacy: Mel Gibson's epic historical movies Beginning in 1995 and lasting for the better part of a decade, Mel Gibson pumped out what seemed to be epic battle movie after epic battle movie. Starting with Braveheart and moving down the historical timeline with The Patriot and We Were Soldiers,...
2. Gladiator : A movie of Epic Proportions When the Gladiator was first released in 2000 it was a breathtaking display of action and adventure. One of the first movies to begin to use computers to create truly epic and powerful scenes, Gladiator is a must see for any epic movie fan.
3. Ovid: Metamorphoses and Mythology Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most important sources for our knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology. Ovid based his work on earlier Greek poetry, but much of that Greek poetry has been lost. Ovid is often our only source for these ancient storie...
4. Epic Poem Characteristics I'm making this page about epic poem characteristics because it was the earliest form of poetry that needs to be taken into consideration while it comes to understanding literature.
5. All About Bone - A Comic Book of Epic Proportions Bone is the story of three brothers who embark on a perilous journey through strange lands, encounter mystical beasts, fall in love... and race cows. Now dosn't that sound like an interesting story? Welcome to Bone, a wonderful fantasy comic with a si...
6. Beowulf, Ancient Hero In the face of danger and adversity they display impressive courage for the greater good of all. They are Heroes. We have always had heroes and Beowulf, great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century, is the ultimate hero. He is not just any hero,...
7. Grendel is Human There are many ways in which people judge books. Most of the time, the characters are the main influential point. Characters can be humans, animals, and even other unknown creatures. This is the case in the Danish epic Beowulf. One of the main charac...
8. The Divine Comedy - English Text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Public domain text of The Inferno, Part I of Dante Alighieri's epic poem The Divine Comedy. The poem is made up of three canticas: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), Paradiso (Paradise). Each has 33 Cantos. However, the introductory Canto in The...
9. The Complete Facts of Nouveau Riche Univeristy This lens was created to help take the mystery out of Nouveau Riche University. There are some definite truths to the advatages that you hear about this organization and there are also some negative truths that are not talked about as much. Read...
10. John Milton, Poet of the English Revolution There are people much more able to tell you about what Milton did on what day, where he was, and what he ate for lunch. Often that is the most dreary part of the scholarship of any writer, composer, scientist, etc., you name it. Milton was with an i...
11. Great Unknown Metal Bands This is a ever expanding list of bands that you may not have known even existed. Im hoping to open your eyes to great, non-mainstream bands. I plan to keep the list updated in a weekly manner. Check back every week for another band to be on the list....
12. David Lean - British Film Director Sir David Lean KBE (25 March 1908 - 16 April 1991) was an English film director and producer, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Brief Encounter, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India among...
13. THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY, A Medieval Fantasy Epic by Jon F. Baxley THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY ***A Brief Synopsis*** Kruzurk Makshare, as a young magician's apprentice, first encountered the villain, Seed of Cerberus, who was studying with Kruzurk under the master magician, Merlin. While trying to stop the Seed from steali...
14. The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is made up of three live action films; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The movies ar...
15. Storytelling Welcome to my Storrytelling page on Squidoo. Storytelling is an ancient art form that was gradually lost as the written tradition replace the oral tradition in many cultures over the years, however, the oral storytelling tradition is still strong in...
16. SteamPunk Nell Deep-Sea In which Nell aids the weak with berserker fury; inspirited by treasure and lurid battle.
17. Shadows & Light Tales of Lost Kingdoms   Shadows & Light Tales of Lost Kingdoms is an anthology published by Pill HIll Press. The anthology highlights the battle between good and evil. The stories are varied and represent various subgenres of fantasy. Includeing epic, sword &...
18. Must Read Movie Reviews This lens will provide you with the latest review of movies on the big screen, dvds and even soundtracks. The goal is to provide you with an honest point of view by an ordinary guy who enjoys watching movies as well as every thing that goes behind th...
19. Dante's Divine Comedy: The Inferno Canto V The Second Circle of Hell: Text and YouTube Video of Canto V of The Inferno from Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. This epic poem "is composed of over 14,000 lines that are divided into three canticas (Ital. pl. cantiche) - Inferno (Hell), Purgat...
20. Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age: Origins is the latest and greatest computer roleplaying game from Bioware, a canadian based games developer that was recently aquired by Electronic Arts, the company that owns the right to other big names, such as the Sims, Battlefield an...