English > epic: 3 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A long / long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. |
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| Synonyms | epic poem, heroic poem, epos |
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| Instances | Aeneid | An epic in Latin by Virgil |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | épica, epos, poema épico, poema heróico |
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| Catalan | èpica, poema èpic |
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| Adjectives | epic, epical | constituting / constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic |
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