An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), from ἔπος (epos) "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the...
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Associated Works:
- Beowulf ,
- All Night in Savannah the Wind Wrote Poetry ,
- Angel of Better Days to Come ,
- Wars don’t bring lasting peace, only lasting death.
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Poems Of This Form:
- Aeneid ,
- Iliad ,
- Odyssey ,
- The Faerie Queene ,
- Paradise Lost ,
- Paradise Regained ,
- Toldi ,
- Toldi estéje ,
- Az elveszett alkotmány ,
- Toldi szerelme
