ancient Greek, 'epic' could refer to all poetry in dactylic hexameter (epea), which included not only Homer but also the wisdom poetry of Hesiod, the utterances...

Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá). The Ramayana...

Bosniak epic poetry (Bosnian: Bošnjačke epske narodne pjesme) is a form of epic poetry originating in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Sandžak...

Serbian epic poetry (Serbian: Српске епске народне песме, romanized: Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating...

Philippine epic poetry is the body of epic poetry in Philippine literature. Filipino epic poetry is considered to be the highest point of development...

Albanian epic poetry is a form of epic poetry created by the Albanian people. It consists of a longstanding oral tradition still very much alive. A good...

Look up epic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Epic commonly refers to: Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant...

roots in ancient poetry (epic poems such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey). An epic is not limited to the traditional medium of oral poetry, but has expanded...

Epic poetry, or tuuli in Mongolian, is an important genre of Mongol oral literature, with features reminiscent of Germanic alliterative verse. The two...

Roman national epic, Virgil's Aeneid (written between 29 and 19 BCE); and the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Epic poetry appears to have...

normally dramatic, with various characters. Narrative poems include all epic poetry, and the various types of "lay", most ballads, and some idylls, as well...

In epic poetry, athletics are used as literary tools to accentuate the themes of the epic, to advance the plot of the epic, and to provide a general historical...

metrics. The first division was between prose and poetry. Within poetry there were three super-genres: epic, lyric and drama. The common European terminology...

poetry such as the Song of the Sea and the Song of Deborah may be considered early examples of Jewish epic poetry, though very short by normal epic standards...

incomplete) Kumārasambhava by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Raghuvaṃśa by Kālidāsa (Indian epic poetry) Blemyomachia (Greek, only fragments survive) Argonautica...

broad categories of poetry: lyrical, dramatic, and epic. Lyric poetry is one of the earliest forms of literature. Much lyric poetry depends on regular...

Roman national epic, Virgil's Aeneid (written between 29 and 19 BCE); and the Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Epic poetry appears to have...

Poetry took numerous forms in medieval Europe, for example, lyric and epic poetry. The troubadours, trouvères, and the minnesänger are known for composing...

dragons: the benevolent zmej and the malevolent ala. Serbian epic poetry is a form of epic poetry written by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and...

287 ff (trans. Fairclough) (Roman epic poetry C1st BC) Virgil, Aeneid 6. 803 ff (trans. Day-Lewis) (Roman epic poetry C1st BC) Propertius, Elegies, 2....

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frequently wrote with epic poetry in mind and positioned themselves in relation to epic. The first examples of elegiac poetry in writing come from classical...

19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation...

Troy 6. 240 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic poetry C4th AD) Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25. 148 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic poetry C5th AD) Nonnos, Dionysiaca 25. 242...

Mahākāvya (lit. great kāvya, court epic), also known as sargabandha, is a genre of Indian epic poetry in Classical Sanskrit. The genre is characterised...

epic poetry C4th AD) Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25. 194 (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic poetry C5th AD) Nonnos, Dionysiaca 25. 242 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic poetry...

Asadi Tusi, a Persian epic about the hero Garshasp Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran and world's longest epic poetry written by one poet Mem...

of three full-length science fiction epic poems, The New World, Genesis and Apocalypse; several books of his poetry and literary translations; and a number...

Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed folk tales encompassing tales...