Epic Verse

What a newly-found fragment of an ancient Babylonian poem tells us about being human

‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’ is provocatively called an ‘ancient sex saga’ but the poem reveals a lot about an ancient understanding of humanity.

Sophus Helle, Aeon
· Mar 13, 2019 · 08:30 am
Glimpses from the rare ‘Menak Amir Hamza’, the Javanese version of the epic on the Prophet’s uncle

This is the Indonesian version of the widely known ‘Hamzanama’.

Annabel Gallop
· Oct 20, 2018 · 08:30 pm
The Mahabharata: How an oral narrative of the bards became a text of the Brahmins

The epic was taken over by Brahmins who explained away abhorrent details like polyandry and parricide through imaginative additions.

Ruchika Sharma
· Jan 16, 2017 · 06:30 pm

When a Sufi poet composed one of India's earliest love stories in Hindi

Paintings from Mulla Da'ud's 'Chandayana' are on display for the first time at a museum in Mumbai.

Mridula Chari
· Dec 28, 2015 · 01:30 pm