Another collection that grew out of the success of the Great Ideas series, the Penguin Epics were released in 2006 as a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the first Penguin Classic, Rieu’s Odyssey. While the structure and size of the book matches the other “Great” series, the covers hold perhaps the closest bond with the second edition of the Penguin Classics, with their dark backgrounds and striking, artistic quality. The Epics were available worldwide and are organized by Roman, rather than Arabic, numerals.
| 1 | The Epic of Gilgamesh | Anonymous |
| 2 | Odysseus Returns Home | Homer |
| 3 | Xerxes Invades Greece | Herodotus |
| 4 | The Sea, The Sea | Xenophon |
| 5 | The Abduction of Sita | Anonymous |
| 6 | Jason and the Golden Fleece | Apollonius |
| 7 | Exodus | Anonymous |
| 8 | The Destruction of Troy | Virgil |
| 9 | The Serpent’s Teeth | Ovid |
| 10 | The Fall of Jerusalem | Josephus |
| 11 | The Madness of Nero | Tacitus |
| 12 | Cupid and Psyche | Apuleius |
| 13 | The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great | Anonymous |
| 14 | Beowulf | Anonymous |
| 15 | Siegfried’s Mother | Anonymous |
| 16 | Sagas and Myths of the Northmen | Anonymous |
| 17 | The Sunjata Story | Anonymous |
| 18 | The Descent Into Hell | Dante |
| 19 | King Arthur’s Last Battle | Malory |
| 20 | The Voyages of Sinbad | Anonymous |
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