the classical-era poet virgil (publius vergilius maro, 70–19 bc) continued this literary narrative technique in the "aeneid", which is part of the greek literary tradition of imitating homer. later works featuring "in medias res" include the stories "sinbad the sailor" and "the three apples" from the "one thousand and one nights" (c. 9th century), the german "nibelungenlied" (12th century), the spanish "cantar de mio cid" (c. 14th century), the italian "divine comedy" (1320) by dante alighieri, the portuguese "the lusiads" (1572) by luís de camões, "jerusalem delivered" (1581) by torquato tasso, "paradise lost" (1667) by john milton, and generally in modernist literature.