Penguin Epics - The Greatest Stories Ever Told

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This year is our 60th Anniversary. The first ever Penguin Classic, The Odyssey, was published in 1946

This May, we're going back to our roots with Penguin Epics: twenty short tales of human adventure, legend and myth. These epics depict the most extreme acts of heroism, ambition, bravery and violence, revealing mankind's most profound aspirations and deepest fears.

All twenty Penguin Epics are listed below.
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» THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH

» EXODUS

» ODYSSEUS RETURNS HOME - HOMER

» XERXES INVADES GREECE - HERODOTUS

» 'THE SEA, THE SEA' - XENOPHON

» THE ABDUCTION OF SITA

» JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE - APOLLONIUS

» THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY - VIRGIL

» THE SERPENT'S TEETH - OVID

» THE FALL OF JERUSALEM - JOSEPHUS

» THE MADNESS OF NERO - TACITUS

» CUPID AND PSYCHE - APULEIUS

» THE LEGENDARY ADVENTURES OF
   ALEXANDER THE GREAT


» BEOWULF

» SIEGFRIED'S MURDER

» SAGAS AND MYTHS OF THE NORTHMEN

» THE SUNJATA STORY

» THE DESCENT INTO HELL - DANTE

» KING ARTHUR'S LAST BATTLE - MALORY

» THE VOYAGES OF SINDBAD

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