Definition of Epic poem

1. Noun. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.

Exact synonyms: Epic, Epos, Heroic Poem
Generic synonyms: Poem, Verse Form
Specialized synonyms: Aeneid, Divina Commedia, Divine Comedy, Iliad, Odyssey, Nibelungenlied
Specialized synonyms: Chanson De Geste, Rhapsody, Heroic, Heroic Meter, Heroic Verse
Derivative terms: Epic, Epical, Epic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epic Poem

epiblema
epibole
epibolies
epibranchial
epibranchial placodes
epibranchials
epibromohydrin
epibromohydrins
epibulbar
epic fail
epic fails
epic poem (current term)
epic poetry
epicadmium
epical
epically
epicalyces
epicalyx
epicalyxes
epicanthal fold
epicanthi
epicanthic
epicanthic fold
epicanthus
epicanthus palpebralis

Literary usage of Epic poem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance by Joel Elias Spingarn (1908)
"I. The Theory of the epic poem Vida's Ars Poetica, written before 1520, although no edition prior to that of 1527 is extant, is the earliest example ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... of the epic poem the ... of the leading rules for the conduct of an epic poem in conformity to the ..."

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