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| Aeneid |
an epic poem by Virgil that tells of the adventures of Aeneas from the fall of Troy to his founding of Rome. |
| bard |
in ancient Celtic times, a person who composed and recited or sang epic poetry. [1/2 definitions] |
| Beowulf |
the title character and hero of an anonymous, alliterative Old English epic poem. |
| Brunhild |
in the anonymous German medieval epic The Nibelungenlied, the queen of Iceland. |
| calliope |
(cap.) in Greek mythology, the Muse of epic or heroic poetry. [1/2 definitions] |
| Cassandra |
in The Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem, a woman who saw the future accurately, but who was fated never to be believed. [1/2 definitions] |
| Dido |
in the ancient Roman epic poem The Aeneid by Virgil, the queen of Carthage who detains Aeneas, then kills herself after he abandons her. [1/2 definitions] |
| Divine Comedy |
a rhymed medieval Italian epic poem written by Dante Alighieri, describing his imaginary progression from Hell through Purgatory to Paradise. |
| epic |
an epic poem, novel, film, or the like. [2/5 definitions] |
| heroic verse |
any verse form traditionally used for epic or dramatic poetry, such as iambic pentameter for English poetry. |
| idyll |
a romantic epic or narrative poem. [1/4 definitions] |
| Mahabharata |
an ancient Sanskrit epic poem of India, attributed to Vyasa, that recounts the life of Krishna and that contains the Bhagavad-Gita. |
| odyssey |
(cap.) the epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer recounting the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan Wars. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ramayana |
an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to Valmiki, which recounts the lives of Ramachandra and his wife Sita, and is considered to be the bible of Hinduism. |
| roman |
(French) a medieval French metrical narrative developed from ancient epic poems. [1/2 definitions] |
| saga |
any long detailed narrative, esp. one chronicling the generations of a family or group; epic. [1/2 definitions] |
| The Iliad |
an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer that narrates the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks. |
| The Nibelungenlied |
a thirteenth-century Middle High German epic poem that recounts the adventure of Siegfried. |
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