<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
		>
<channel>
	<title>Comments on: Top 10 Greatest Epic Poems</title>
	<atom:link href="http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/</link>
	<description>Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:23:56 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<item>
		<title>By: Jose Freire Gomes</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-453202</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Freire Gomes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-453202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you count The Lusiads out than this is a shit list.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you count The Lusiads out than this is a ***** list.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: chikius</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-449578</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chikius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-449578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beowulf ? seriously? Beowulf was one of the biggest disappointments of my life! only thing worse than Beowulf is the movie!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beowulf ? seriously? Beowulf was one of the biggest disappointments of my life! only thing worse than Beowulf is the movie!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Lee Paxton</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-438920</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Paxton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-438920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Really,  Homer&#039;s Odyssey would be two because, well, there just isn&#039;t another language, ancient or modern up to Greek; sorry, Shakespeare included, in short, no one is quiet up to the subtle writings and dynamic presentation of this Greek Poet.  There are a host of only slightly lesser Greek writers that would stand out in as all too exceptional in the normal run of history.  Be happy, one of the pinnacles of Western Civ.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really,  Homer&#8217;s Odyssey would be two because, well, there just isn&#8217;t another language, ancient or modern up to Greek; sorry, Shakespeare included, in short, no one is quiet up to the subtle writings and dynamic presentation of this Greek Poet.  There are a host of only slightly lesser Greek writers that would stand out in as all too exceptional in the normal run of history.  Be happy, one of the pinnacles of Western Civ.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Siamak</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-436627</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siamak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-436627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All of this books are great and I was read most of them (Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Divine commedia, paradise lost). But you forget to mention about the &#039;Shahname&#039;, Iranian great epic that written by Ferdowsi. If we have not prejudice, I think that it is the most important epic book of the word. please read this book and then say your thought about it. thxment here.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All of this books are great and I was read most of them (Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Divine commedia, paradise lost). But you forget to mention about the &#8216;Shahname&#8217;, Iranian great epic that written by Ferdowsi. If we have not prejudice, I think that it is the most important epic book of the word. please read this book and then say your thought about it. thxment here.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: www.koyyam.com</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-432085</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[www.koyyam.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-432085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Mahabaratha(written in sanskrit  by vyasa) and Ramayana ( written in sanskrit  by Valmiki)  is one of the first ancient epic in the world Currently all major universities included both epics in their syllabus .]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Mahabaratha(written in sanskrit  by vyasa) and Ramayana ( written in sanskrit  by Valmiki)  is one of the first ancient epic in the world Currently all major universities included both epics in their syllabus .</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Dana Geronimo</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-431072</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dana Geronimo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-431072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know right.. :))]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know right.. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: Sheild of Aeneas</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-429031</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheild of Aeneas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-429031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has taken the time to translate the Aeneid from Latin would have rated it significantly higher on the list.  

It is by far one of the most masterfully crafted pieces of literature in history.  The fact that dactylic hexameter is most often measured foot by foot from the end of each line to the beginning means Vergil may have written each line backwards.  In addition, Latin meter goes by long/short vowels, not by how much stress you put on each syllable.  This means that he had to be extra careful in choosing the words based on the length of each vowel (indicated by macrons in modern texts).  Finally, and most impressively, there are hundreds of allusions, intertextual references, and literary/rhetorical devices (chiasmus, zeugma, synedoche, metonymy, etc.) that don&#039;t come across in any English translations (they don&#039;t even teach these devices in school and are underemployed in modern literature)!  Truly a masterpiece, and Vergil didn&#039;t even think it was finished!
It is worth learning Latin just to read it.

But overall, I do like the other choices on the list.  Just a matter of opinion where they lie in relation to one another, I guess.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone who has taken the time to translate the Aeneid from Latin would have rated it significantly higher on the list.  </p>
<p>It is by far one of the most masterfully crafted pieces of literature in history.  The fact that dactylic hexameter is most often measured foot by foot from the end of each line to the beginning means Vergil may have written each line backwards.  In addition, Latin meter goes by long/short vowels, not by how much stress you put on each syllable.  This means that he had to be extra careful in choosing the words based on the length of each vowel (indicated by macrons in modern texts).  Finally, and most impressively, there are hundreds of allusions, intertextual references, and literary/rhetorical devices (chiasmus, zeugma, synedoche, metonymy, etc.) that don&#8217;t come across in any English translations (they don&#8217;t even teach these devices in school and are underemployed in modern literature)!  Truly a masterpiece, and Vergil didn&#8217;t even think it was finished!<br />
It is worth learning Latin just to read it.</p>
<p>But overall, I do like the other choices on the list.  Just a matter of opinion where they lie in relation to one another, I guess.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: indian infant foods quality recipes</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-421982</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[indian infant foods quality recipes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-421982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Name]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Name</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: duane wirdel</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-419355</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[duane wirdel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-419355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beowulf and Grendel]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beowulf and Grendel</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title>By: monkey_d</title>
		<link>http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/comment-page-4/#comment-409345</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[monkey_d]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://listverse.com/literature/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/#comment-409345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[really? what kind of list does not include the Shahnameh?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>really? what kind of list does not include the Shahnameh?</p>
]]></content:encoded>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>

