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Posthomerica
The Posthomerica, Greek τὰ μεθ' Ὅμηρον, is a fourteen-book Greek epic by Quintus of Smyrna covering the Trojan War from Hector's death to the Greeks' departure.
Prabhulinga Leele
Prabhulinga Leele, also rendered Prabhulinga Leelai, is a 15th-century Kannada Virashaiva bhakti epic by the poet Chamarasa, built on the life of the saint Allama Prabhu.
Pranayaballari
Pranayaballari (ପ୍ରଣୟବଲ୍ଲରୀ), also rendered Pranaya Ballavi, is a kavya, a narrative poem, by the Odia poet Gangadhar Meher (1862–1924), the Swabhaba Kabi, whose Sanskrit-based kavyas helped shape modern Odia literature.
Prem Pathik
Prem Pathik (प्रेम-पथिक) is a short narrative poem by Jaishankar Prasad, published in Braj Bhasha in 1909 and reworked into Khari Boli Hindi in 1913.
Princess Bari
Princess Bari (바리공주), also known as Baridegi, is the heroine of a Korean shamanic narrative epic in which an abandoned daughter saves her dying parents with water from the netherworld.
Prithviraj Raso
Prithviraj Raso (पृथ्वीराज रासो), a Braj-language epic attributed to Chand Bardai about Prithviraj Chauhan; called Hindi's first mahakavya, with four recensions and a long-disputed date and historicity.
Prosopopeia
Prosopopeia (Prosopopéia) is an epic poem by Bento Teixeira, published in Lisbon in 1601, narrating the deeds of Jorge d'Albuquerque Coelho and marking the start of the Brazilian Baroque.
Pugachev
Pugachev (Пугачёв) is a 1921 dramatic poem by Sergei Yesenin about the peasant war of 1773–1775 led by Yemelyan Pugachev, conceived in 1920 and staged at the Taganka Theater in 1967.
Purgatorio
Purgatorio, second canticle of Dante's Divine Comedy: the pilgrim climbs seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, shedding seven P's, to reach Eden and reunite with Beatrice; circulated 1315-16, written in terza rima.
Raghavapandaviya
The Rāghavapāṇḍavīya (राघवपाण्डवीयम्) is a Sanskrit epic poem by the court poet Kavirāja, composed about 1175, whose every verse carries two meanings, one from the Rāmāyaṇa and one from the Mahābhārata.
Raghavapandaviyamu
Raghavapandaviyamu (రాఘవపాండవీయము) is a sixteenth-century Telugu dvyarthi kavya by Pingali Surana, the earliest available shlesha kavya in Telugu, whose every verse tells both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Raka
Raka is a 1941 epic poem by the South African poet N. P. van Wyk Louw, generally considered the best-known epic poem in Afrikaans and his most read work.
Ramacharitam
Ramacharitam (രാമചരിതം), also called Irāmacaritam, is an epic poem generally regarded as the earliest extant literary work in Malayalam, retelling the Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana.
Ramadhanya Charite
Ramadhanya Charite (ರಾಮಧಾನ್ಯ ಚರಿತೆ, "The Story of Rama's Grains") is a 16th-century Kannada allegorical kavya by the poet-saint Kanakadasa, in which nine grains quarrel and ragi is vindicated over rice.
Ramakathappattu
Ramakathappattu (രാമകഥപ്പാട്ട്) is a classical Malayalam narrative poem by Ayyippilla Asan of Avaduthura, near Kovalam, that retells the Ramayana and is counted among the major early Malayalam Ramayana texts.
Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์)
Ramakien (รามเกียรติ์, Ramakian) is Thailand's national epic, a Thai retelling of the Ramayana compiled under King Rama I and completed in 1798 in 116 volumes, performed in khon and painted at Wat Phra Kaew.
Ramavijay
Ramavijay (रामविजय, "Rama's victory") is a Marathi verse retelling of the Ramayana by the saint-poet Shridhar, still recited aloud in annual week-long village gatherings across Maharashtra.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (रामायण), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to Valmiki that tells how Prince Rama rescued his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
Ramchandrika
Ramchandrika (रामचन्द्रिका, also written Ramachandrika) is a Brajbhasha court epic on the Ramayana by the poet Keshavdas of Orchha, composed in Samvat 1657 (1601 CE).
Ramcharitmanas (रामचरितमानस)
Ramcharitmanas (रामचरितमानस), also called the Manas, is Tulsidas's sixteenth-century Awadhi epic retelling the Ramayana devotionally in seven kands; it differs from Valmiki by presenting Rama as Vishnu's avatar and anchors Ramlila and North Indian bhakti.
Ranolf and Amohia
Ranolf and Amohia is a long narrative poem by Alfred Domett, published in London in 1872, telling of a love between a British adventurer and a Māori princess.
Rasakallola
Rasakallola is a medieval Odia chhanda kavya by Dinakrushna Das, composed in the Riti era, narrating the divine life of Krishna and his love for Radha.
Rashmirathi
Rashmirathi (रश्मिरथी) is a 1952 Hindi epic poem by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar that retells the life of Karna, the tragic Mahabharata warrior, in seven cantos. Its title means "the Sun's charioteer."
Ravana (रावण)
Ravana (रावण), also Tosakanth in Thai tradition, is the ten-headed demon-king of Lanka in the Ramayana who abducts Sita and is killed by Rama; across South and Southeast Asia he is also honored as scholar, Shiva devotee, and anti-hero.
Ravshan
Ravshan is an Uzbek folk epic (doston) of the Go'ro'g'li cycle, telling of Ravshan's journey to win Zulxumor, princess of Shirvan, best recorded from the bakhshi Ergash Jumanbulbul o'g'li.
Reamker
The Reamker, also known as Rāmakerti ("Glory of Rama"), is the Khmer-language version of the Indian epic the Ramayana and a foundational work of Cambodian literature.
Risaletü'n-Nushiyye
Risaletü'n-Nushiyye ("Book of Counsels") is a didactic Sufi advice poem in mesnevi form attributed to the Anatolian poet Yunus Emre, dated by its own verses to 1307–08 and regarded as the first Turkish nasihatname in Anatolia.
Roland
Roland (Hruodlandus) is the Frankish hero of The Song of Roland, Charlemagne's nephew who died at Roncevaux in 778; the legend made him the epitome of chivalric sacrifice, with the olifant horn and sword Durendal.
Rolla
Rolla is a long narrative poem by Alfred de Musset, published in 1833, about Jacques Rolla, a ruined Parisian libertine who kills himself after a final night of debauchery.
Roman d'Alexandre
The Roman d'Alexandre, in Old French Li romans d'Alixandre, is a 12th-century Old French verse romance recounting the exploits of Alexander the Great, giving its name to the alexandrine.