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Definition of: epic

(epik) noun
A poem celebrating in stately, formal verse the achievements of heroes, gods, and demigods: also heroic epic. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid are famous classical epics; the Hindu Mahabharata and Ramayana, and the Babylonian Creation Epic are among the world's greatest, as are also the medieval French Chanson de Roland and the 12th century Spanish Poema del Cid. The conscious art epic is typified by Milton's Paradise Lost.
adjective Of, pertaining to, or like an epic; grand; noble; heroic:
also ep′i·cal. [<Gk. epikos <epos word]
—ep′i·cal·ly
adverb

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Statistical data

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"epic" has the frequency of use of 0.0016% on en.wikipedia.org.

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