The transformations of man and gods from before formation of the world
Metamorphoses
Ovid, 1 CE
The adventures of Aeneis the Trojan, and what happens when the gods hate you
The Aeneid
Virgil, 19 CE
The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri, 1320
The world's oldest super hero story
The Epic of Gilgamesh
2100 BCE
The Gilgamesh Flood Tablet
700 BCE
The Iliad
Homer, translated by Samuel Butler, 800 BCE
It takes 1.8 million words to describe the meaning of life
The Mahābhārata
Vyasa, 400 BCE
