HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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a long poem that tells the story of a great hero
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any poem that is really long
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a poem that is really really good
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a light hearted poem that makes you laugh
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Detailed explanation-1: -An epic poem is a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Many ancient writers used epic poetry to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.
Detailed explanation-2: -An epic is a long poem or other work of art celebrating heroic feats.
Detailed explanation-3: -An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
Detailed explanation-4: -noun. a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events: Beowulf, an epic hero with extraordinary strength.
Detailed explanation-5: -Epic heroes are literary characters from ancient mythology and other stories, which were written down in the form of long, narrative epic poems. The hero is the main character, or protagonist, of the poem. The reader follows the epic hero through a series of adventures and obstacles.
Detailed explanation-6: -Sappho, ‘He Is More Than a Hero’. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Ulysses’. Rabindranath Tagore, ‘The Hero’. Katharine Tynan, ‘A Hero’. AE, ‘The Last Hero’. Amy Lowell, ‘Hero-Worship’. Robert William Service, ‘A Hero’. Siegfried Sassoon, ‘The Hero’. More items