epopee

[ ep-uh-pee, ep-uh-pee ]

noun

1. an epic.
2. epic poetry.

epopee

/ ˈɛpəʊˌpiː; epɔpe; ˌɛpəˈpiːə /

noun

1. an epic poem
2. epic poetry in general

Word History and Origins

Origin of epopee¹

1690–1700; < French épopée < Greek epopoiía, equivalent to épo ( s ) epos + poi ( eîn ) to make + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of epopee¹

C17: from French épopée, from Greek epopoiia, from epos + poiein to make

Example Sentences

Later to develop than the national epopee was that which formed the cycle of antiquity.

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But Gogol's glory is not derived solely from his epopee of the Cossacks.

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To the epopee succeeds the bourgeois drama, not to say the comedy.

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The rhythm of these spiritual transformations is the epopee of Jean Christophe.

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The poetry of enthusiasm, as the epopee and the ode, is that to which this style is best adapted.

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