Ancient Culture ( Samskaram ) of Bharatham-5.5. : Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Opinion :Wednesday, April 14, 2021. 07:16. PM. 2361. Chapter- 5. Introduction to the Epics - 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An epic, or an Itihasa, as it is called in the Sanskrit language, is basically a history of events that took place some centuries back. We have epics everywhere in the world. We have Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey written by Homer, which delineate the story of the Trojan War and such things, and the achievements of Ulysses, Achilles, and heroes of that kind of the Greek world. The Iliad and the Odyssey are epics. Epics are heroic poems. There is always a spirit of valour, chivalry, a warlike spirit, an action in the epics; and that you will find in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata as we have in the Iliad and the Odyssey. There is another important epic in the Latin language written by Virgil, and that epic ...