What is the oldest and longest epic in the world?

What is the oldest and longest epic in the world?

As the world’s oldest epic poem that is still performed today, the Epic of Gesar, which has over one million lines of verse, is longer than the world’s five other great ancient epics put together, including ancient Greek poet Homer’s “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” and ancient India’s “The Mahabharata.”

Which EPIC is best in world?

Here is a list of 20 of the greatest Epic poems in the tradition:

1. The Epic of Gilgamesh (~2000 BCE)
2. The Homeric Poems – The Odyssey (~800 BCE)
3. The Mahabharata (350 BCE)
4. Virgil – The Aeneid The Aeneid (19 BCE)
5. Ovid – Metamorphoses (8 AD)
6. Firdawsi – The Shahnameh (11th century)
7. Beowulf (~8th-11th century CE)

Which of the two epics is the longest in the world and what is it about?

Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic from India; known as Bharatayuddha in Indonesia and the longest epic in the world.

Which is the second longest epic in the world?

Ancient epics (to 500)

• Mahābhārata, composed by Veda Vyasa (the longest epic in the world)
• Ramayana, composed by Valmiki.
• Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian mythology)
• Epic of Lugalbanda (including Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave and Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird, Mesopotamian mythology)

What is the oldest epic?

the Epic of Gilgamesh

Is Mahabharata older than Gilgamesh?

The Mahabharata could very well be older than the Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh, but conventional scholars date the Mahabharata to later than 1500 BC, because it is believed to be a tale of the Indo-Iranian speaking Aryans who supposedly invaded northwest India/Pakistan at that time.

What is the rarest book on earth?

10 of the Most Rare Books of All Time

1. The Declaration of Independence.
2. Shakespeare’s First Folio.
3. The Gutenberg Bible.
4. The Birds of America.
5. The Codex of Leicester.
6. Don Quixote.
7. Tamerlane and Other Poems.
8. Ptolemy’s Geographia Cosmographia.