A kind of epi Western Asia，written in about 2500 BC，is the Epic of Gilgamesh，a famous epic of a Babylon in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River，and it is sidered as the first epi of the humankind ever found．
Another important epic is from Rome in 19 BC．It is the great Lati Virgil''s Aehe epi be divided into two parts bad on the disparate subject matter．From Book 1 to Book 6，the author of the epic discuss Aeneas'' jouro Italy and from Book 7 to Book 12，the author narrates the war in Italy．The two parts are only regarded as refleg Virgil''s ambition to rival Homer by treating both the Odysy''s wandering theme and the Iliad''s warfare themes．
2．Lyrical poetry．There are a number of shorter poems written by such lyrical poets as Sappho in Greed Catullus in Rome．Sappho is regarded as the greatest female poet of antiquity，and her a admirers praid her as “the tenth Mu”，or even “the female Homer”．Catullus is famous for his “Lesbia poems”，in which veral stages of love relationship are described：initial euphoria，doubts，paration and feelings of loss．
A kind of epi Western Asia，written in about 2500 BC，is the Epic of Gilgamesh，a famous epic of a Babylon in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River，and it is sidered as the first epi of the humankind ever found．
Another important epic is from Rome in 19 BC．It is the great Lati Virgil''s Aehe epi be divided into two parts bad on the disparate subject matter．From Book 1 to Book 6，the author of the epic discuss Aeneas'' jouro Italy and from Book 7 to Book 12，the author narrates the war in Italy．The two parts are only regarded as refleg Virgil''s ambition to rival Homer by treating both the Odysy''s wandering theme and the Iliad''s warfare themes．
2．Lyrical poetry．There are a number of shorter poems written by such lyrical poets as Sappho in Greed Catullus in Rome．Sappho is regarded as the greatest female poet of antiquity，and her a admirers praid her as “the tenth Mu”，or even “the female Homer”．Catullus is famous for his “Lesbia poems”，in which veral stages of love relationship are described：initial euphoria，doubts，paration and feelings of loss．
The basic poetical form of the lyric was created in the a world，and the traditions of Greek lyric were rooted in oral poetry．inally，the Greek lyric was a song to be sung to the apa of the lyre．