epopee

American  

[ep-uh-pee, ep-uh-pee] / ˈɛp əˌpi, ˌɛp əˈpi /

Also epopoeia

noun

1. an epic.

2. epic poetry.

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epopee British  

/ ˈɛpəʊˌpiː, epɔpe, ˌɛpəˈpiːə /

noun

1. an epic poem

2. epic poetry in general

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Etymology

Origin of epopee

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

Example Sentences

Fox was no literary oracle, and his opinion is here cited only as evidence that the superearthly is an acknowledged element in the epopee.

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

The French epopee had its origin in the national songs of the Germanic invaders of Gaul, adopted from their conquerors by the Gallo-Romans.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

C'est le roman, a la fois drame et epopee, pittoresque mais poetique, reel mais ideal, vrai mais grand, qui enchassera Walter Scott dans Homere.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Yet The Condemned in Doubt is a sort of moral epopee, adapted to the stage, possessing real beauty and not without depth.

From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.

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

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William