| NOUN | communication | epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos | a long / long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds |
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| Meaning | A long / long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. | |
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| Synonyms | heroic poem, epic, epos | |
| Instances | Aeneid | An epic in Latin by Virgil |
| Divine Comedy, Divina Commedia | A narrative epic poem written by Dante | |
| Iliad | A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy | |
| Nibelungenlied | An epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings | |
| Odyssey | A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy | |
| Narrower | chanson de geste | Old French epic poems |
| heroic verse, heroic meter, heroic | A verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes | |
| rhapsody | An epic poem adapted for recitation | |
| Broader | poem, verse form | A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines |
| Spanish | épica, epos, poema épico, poema heróico | |
| Catalan | èpica, poema èpic | |
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