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Epic Poetry: Definition, Heroes and Stories
Learn about epic poetry in the ancient world. Explore two epic poems, Gilgamesh and The Iliad and discover the information these poems contain.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/epic-poetry-definition-heroes-stories.html
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Epic - Britannica
Long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace, and motion pictures.
http://www.britannica.com/art/epic
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Epic poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry
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http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/
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Epic: The Genre, Its Characteristics - First Year Foundation
For Greece and Rome this is the simplest explanation: it is a long narrative written in hexameters (or a comparable vernacular measure) which concentrates either on the fortunes of a great hero or perhaps a great civilization and the interactions of this hero and his civilization with the gods.
http://firstyear.barnard.edu/legacy/virgil/toohey
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Poetic Form - Epic
The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/epic
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Examples of Epic - Your Dictionary
The following examples of epic illustrate just what an epic is.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-epic.html
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What is an Epic? An Interactive Lesson Plan with Storyboards
Visually teach the six elements of an Epic and help students answer the question, "What is an Epic?" with the help of this interactive Epic lesson plan!
http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/english/elements-of-an-epic
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The 20 Greatest Epic Poems of All Time - Qwiklit
Few have better expressed the tumultuous rise and fall of civilizations better than the great Epic poets of ancient and modern times. By combining elevated language with war, betrayal, romance, adventure, and a whole lot of reflection, these twenty lengthy tomes have captured the essence of whole peoples in single (albeit gigantic) works.
https://qwiklit.com/2013/09/10/the-20-greatest-epic-poems-of-all-time/
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Greatest Ancient Epics (96 books) - Goodreads
96 books based on 24 votes: The Odyssey by Homer, The Arabian Nights by Anonymous, German Epic Poetry: The Nibelungenlied, the Older Lay of Hildebrand.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/21801.Greatest_Ancient_Epics
