Shakespeare wrote two long poems on mythological subjects: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Neither of these is really "epic" although they are quite long. In the case of Venus and Adonis, "pornographic" would be nearer the mark.
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Actually Homer wrote the Odyssey. The poem inspired by this epic was written by Constantine P. Cavafy, probably the most well known modern greek poet today. Ithaca is his most famous poem.
It's a play when Shakespeare wrote it, a poem when Arthur Brooke wrote it, a short story when Luigi da Porto wrote it, a symphonic poem when Tchaikovsky wrote it, a ballet when Prokofiev wrote it, and a popular song when Dire Straits wrote it.
I am a sonnet, apparently.
Arthur Brooke wrote the poem Romeus and Juliet which Shakespeare turned into the play Romeo and Juliet.
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An epic poem. It was written by Homer. Homer also wrote the Illiad another epic poem.
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The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser from the time of Shakespeare may be the poem you are thinking of.
Virgil wrote this epic poem between 29-19 BC.
The poet Homer wrote the epic poem called "The Odyssey," which narrates the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus as he tries to return home after the Trojan War.
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