Conflict
11 books featuring this theme
Conflict presents opposing claims, values, or forces seeking resolution. It drives narrative change and exposes underlying norms of justice, kinship, and order.

Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu

The Aeneid
Virgil
29-19 BCE
Roman

Romulus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek

Enmerkar and Ensuhgirana
Anonymous
2100-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian

Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian

Samoan Mythology
George Turner
1884 CE
Pacific, Samoan

The Lore of the Whare-Wānanga
H. T. Whatahoro Jury
1865-1915 CE
Pacific, Maori

Commentary on the Aeneid
Servius
400 CE
Roman

Haustlöng
Thjodolf of Hvinir
900 CE
Germanic, Norse

A True Story
Lucian of Samosata
100-200 CE
Greek

Dionysiaca
Nonnus of Panopolis
400-500 CE
Greek