epos

American  

[ep-os] / ˈɛp ɒs /

noun

1. an epic.

2. epic poetry.

3. a group of poems, transmitted orally, concerned with parts of a common epic theme.

4. a series of events suitable for treatment in epic poetry.

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epos ¹ British  

/ ˈɛpɒs /

noun

1. a body of poetry in which the tradition of a people is conveyed, esp a group of poems concerned with a common epic theme

2. another word for epic

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EPOS ² British  

/ ˈiːpɒs /

acronym

1. electronic point of sale

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Etymology

Origin of epos

1825–35; < Latin < Greek épos speech, tale, song; akin to Latin vōx voice, Sanskrit vácas word, hymn

Example Sentences

What came across in the documentary as an uncomfortable mix produces a satisfying combination in an outsized epos like this one, the two impulses tempering and complementing each other.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2018

Artistically speaking, it is an amusingly mangled myth, an epos in a pool hall, a ceremony of chivalric valor on the Field of the Cloth of Green.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brother Saul, a Christian epos, is aimed at men of all faiths everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gros was the parent of the grand battle-pictures of the future; the painter of the Napoleonic epos.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

Indeed the epos develops into tragedy with the full mythical unfolding of this story.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques