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This poem is considered Hindu scripture |
Bhagavad-Gita |
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Set in Mesopotamia |
Gilgamesh |
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Includes a story of a great flood |
Gilgamesh |
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This work introduces the first tragic hero in Western literature |
Gilgamesh |
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Composed in Latin |
The Aenid |
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A play about a scorned woman |
Medea |
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An epic poem composed in Greek |
The Odyssey |
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This work presents the first great male friendship in Western literature |
Gilgamesh |
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Praises a hero know for honesty, self control, and respect for his father’s word |
The Aeneid |
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A play about fate |
Oedipus the King |
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A secular story from the days of Abraham |
Gilgamesh |
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This work combines the themes of The Illiad and The Odyssey |
The Aeneid |
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Composed in Sanskrit |
Bhagavad-Gita |
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This story contains the earliest literary occurrence of a snake as the enemy of human happiness |
Gilgamesh |
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