Epos: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic…

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A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Ili…

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A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and…

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The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy.

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The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.

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A line consisting of a certain number of metrical feet (see Foot, n., 9) disposed according to metrical rules.

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Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events,…

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