Epos Definition

ĕpŏs
noun
An epic poem.
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Epic poetry.
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A collection of poems of a primitive epic nature, handed down orally.
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A series of epic events.
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Synonyms:
  • epic
  • heroic poem
  • epic poem

Origin of Epos

  • Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (epos, “word, song, epic”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from Greek wekw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Epos Sentence Examples

  • Khalateants, arrives at a similar conclusion in his Armianskie Epos (Moscow, 1896).

  • Between this outlet and the Dipylon were found a boundary-stone, inscribed Epos Kepaµ€LKou, which remains in its place, and the foundations of a large rectangular building, possibly the Pompeium, which may have been a robing-room for the processions which passed this way.

  • Ithaca, according to the Homeric epos, was the royal seat and residence of King Odysseus.

  • His mythological or pastoral dramas, his great satiric epos of Adam Homo (1841-1848), his comedies, his lyrics, and above all his noble philosophic tragedy of Kalanus, prove the immense breadth of his compass, and the inexhaustible riches of his imagination.

  • Helbig, Das homerische Epos aus den Denkmalern erlautert (1884), and the article "Currus" in Daremberg and Saglio, Dictionnaire des Antiquites.

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Words Starting With

EEPEPO

Words Ending With

SOSPOS

Unscrambles

epos

Words Starting With E and Ending With S

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