List of years in literature
Ancient times
Ancient times
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* [Ancient literature](/wiki/Ancient_literature "Ancient literature") – *[Epic of Gilgamesh](/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh "Epic of Gilgamesh")*; *[The Vedas](/wiki/The_Vedas "The Vedas")*; [The Bible](/wiki/Bible "Bible");*[Torah](/wiki/Torah "Torah")*; [Homer](/wiki/Homer "Homer")'s *[Odyssey](/wiki/Odyssey "Odyssey")* and *[Iliad](/wiki/Iliad "Iliad")*; [Virgil](/wiki/Virgil "Virgil")'s *[Aeneid](/wiki/Aeneid "Aeneid")*; [Aeschylus](/wiki/Aeschylus "Aeschylus")' *[Oresteia](/wiki/Oresteia "Oresteia")*; [Sophocles](/wiki/Sophocles "Sophocles")' *[Oedipus Cycle](/wiki/Oedipus "Oedipus")*, *[Antigone](/wiki/Antigone_%28Sophocles_play%29 "Antigone (Sophocles play)")*; *[The Mahabharata](/wiki/The_Mahabharata "The Mahabharata")*; [Valmiki](/wiki/Valmiki "Valmiki")'s *[Ramayana](/wiki/Ramayana "Ramayana")*; *[Panchatantra](/wiki/Panchatantra "Panchatantra")*; [Confucius](/wiki/Confucius "Confucius")' *[Analects](/wiki/Analects "Analects")*, *[Great Learning](/wiki/Great_Learning "Great Learning")* and *[Spring and Autumn Annals](/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Annals "Spring and Autumn Annals")*; *[A New Account of the Tales of the World](/wiki/A_New_Account_of_the_Tales_of_the_World "A New Account of the Tales of the World")*; *[Soushen Ji](/wiki/Soushen_Ji "Soushen Ji")*; [Epic of King Gesar](/wiki/Epic_of_King_Gesar "Epic of King Gesar"); [Kalidasa](/wiki/Kalidasa "Kalidasa")'s *[Shakuntala](/wiki/Shakuntala_%28play%29 "Shakuntala (play)")*

Can you compare the themes of various ancient epics?