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

If the Mystery served to fill the void left by the national epopee, the farce may be regarded as to some extent the dramatic inheritor of the spirit of the fabliau.

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

But it is in the Princess’s own Memoirs that the curious epopee must be read; and to which a dry abridgment does injustice.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

It is quite in accord with such a view of history that the machinery of this voluminous epopee is not set in motion by a single conspicuous protagonist.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

Meanwhile the national epopee declined in France; a breath of scepticism touched and withered the leafage and blossom of imagination; it even became possible to parody—as in Audigier—the heroic manner.

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

Herder calls the "Messiah" a Christian epopee, in musical sounds.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward