This final paper describes the features of the best Baroque epic Jerusalem Delivered by Italian poet Torquato Tasso. The historical circumstances in which it was made are important for this epic. After the Reformation, the restoration of the Catholic Church begins, which returns its influence on many areas of life, including literature. A new literary age begins - the Baroque, in which the most important literary genre is epic because it completely matches with the demands of Catholic Revival. The epic with its topic, most often a glorious historical event, aims to uplift the nation and faith most through the destinies of heroes who are role models to all people. In Croatia, Catholic Revival has great influence, many writers appear, and the best among them is Ivan Gundulic, whose most important work is the epic Osman, made under the great influence of Tasso's epic. The central theme of this final paper is the portrayal of heroism in Jerusalem Delivered as one of the most important elements of the epic. Tasso's heroes are not typical, perfect, but full of flaws and wrongdoings completely different from those in other epics, but also with each other. Tasso has created a whole host of great heroes and heroines, so it is not surprising that this epic has had the huge impact on the following epics, as well as on the entire post-Tasso literature.