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ILIAD |
Epic poem |
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ODYSSEY |
Homer's epic poem |
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EPOPOEIA |
An epic poem; epic poetry. |
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EPIC |
An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. |
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MESSIAD |
A German epic poem on the Messiah, by Klopstock. |
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THEBAID |
A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia. |
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AENEID |
The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas. |
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CID |
An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish
national hero, Ruy Diaz. |
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FABLE |
The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the
subject of an epic or dramatic poem. |
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LIAD |
A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the
destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer. |
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MAHABHARATAM |
A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great
length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between
two dynasties of ancient India. |
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RHAPSODY |
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 Iliad or the Odyssey; -- called also a book. |