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This document defines and discusses the key elements and features of an epic poem. It states that an epic is a long narrative poem that tells of heroes and their deeds, often involving the intervention of the gods. It notes epics typically have a heroic main character, vast settings that are important to a culture's history, and include divine beings and places. The document also explains that epics begin with an invocation to a muse, contain elaborate similes, and focus on subjects of national significance.
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This document defines and provides characteristics of epics. It explains that an epic is a long narrative poem about heroic deeds, and that epics typically involve heroes valued by their culture, gods or supernatural forces, and vast journeys. Some epics are based on oral traditions and involve founding nations or battles against monsters. Examples of famous epics from various cultures and time periods are also listed.
Epic poetry
Epic poetry is a long narrative poem focused on heroic or quasi-divine figures that influence the fate of a tribe, nation, or humanity. Characteristics include an elevated style, multiple books or volumes, origins in oral tradition, poetic devices, epithets, repetition, and vast settings in both time and space. Epics also feature battles, romance, journeys, speeches, and supernatural elements. The hero embodies cultural ideals and has superhuman traits, embarking on a journey of separation, initiation, and return according to Joseph Campbell's model. Homer's Odyssey follows Odysseus' journey home after the Trojan War, encountering obstacles due to angering Poseidon.
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Epic poetry
An epic poem typically features a heroic figure upon whose actions the fate of their people depends, involves divine or supernatural elements, and addresses profound human themes through an elevated poetic style. Some of the most prominent early epics that share characteristics include the Iliad, Odyssey, and Beowulf, which originated as part of oral traditions reflecting cultural values. The Iliad specifically recounts events in the Trojan War, said to have been caused when Paris chose Aphrodite and was given Helen, starting the conflict between the Greeks and Trojans.
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Epic poetry is a long narrative form that recounts heroic deeds and culturally significant events. Some of the earliest and most important epic poems include the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey from Ancient Greece, and Virgil's Aeneid from Ancient Rome. Epics were originally an oral tradition and told grand stories using elevated language. They featured superhuman heroes representing a culture's ideals and involved gods or supernatural events. Characteristics of the form include an omniscient narrator, ample settings and scales, and themes of national or cosmic importance.
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The Epic and Epic Hero
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- 4. Definition of epic: A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds.
- 5. Feature's of epic... A long narrative poem The theme of epic is sublime The action is controled by supernatural agents the classical god and godesses.
- 6. Elements of epic.... Setting Main Character •Beginning of Poem and Story Epic Simile Gods, Other Deities and Divine Places
- 7. Beginning of Poem and Story Epic poems begin with the narrator's statement of the poem's subject and his invocation to, or calling upon, a muse or other divine entity to assist him in taking on the task of telling his story.
- 8. Setting The setting is vast in scope, covering great nations, the world, or the universe, and the action is important to the history of a nation or people
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