2. Noun. (alternative form of epopee) ¹
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Definition of Epopoeia
1. epopee [n -S] - See also: epopee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epopoeia
Literary usage of Epopoeia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Critic (1824)
"A far more rapid pulse of interest is required to sustain the life of tragedy,
than would be needful, or even salutary, to epopoeia. ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"The subject of the epopoeia, according to that great father of criticism, roust
be one. One action must be invariably pursued, and heightened through ..."
3. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras by Pythagoras, Antoine Fabre D'olivet, Nayán Louise Redfield (1917)
"Chinese, Arabians, Persians; as in Europe among all the modern peoples, it has
excluded epopoeia and has replaced allegorical genius by the spirit of ..."
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