Epos

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  • noun. A number of poems, not formally united, that treat an epic theme.
  • noun. An epic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An epic poem, or its subject; an epopee; epic poetry.
  • noun. In ancient prosody, a dactylic hexameter.
  • noun. In paleography, a series of words or letters, approximately of the length of a dactylic hexameter, anciently used as a line of normal size in writing manuscripts or estimating their length.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An epic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An epic.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
  • noun. a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
  • Word Usage
    "The epos is the calm quiet representation of an action in progress."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    poesy  poetry  verse  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    epic