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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_117438" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_117438" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72560" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72560" /> == | ||
<p> A poem that treats of the events in the life of a nation or a race or the founder of one, agreeably to the passion inspiring it and in such form as to kindle and keep alive the heroism thereof in the generations thereafter; or a poem in celebration of the thoughts, feelings, and feats of a whole nation or race; its proper function is to <i> disimprison </i> the soul of the related facts and give a noble rendering of them; of compositions of this kind the "Iliad" of Homer, the "Æneid" of Virgil, and the "Divine Comedy" of Dante take the lead. </p> | <p> [[A]] poem that treats of the events in the life of a nation or a race or the founder of one, agreeably to the passion inspiring it and in such form as to kindle and keep alive the heroism thereof in the generations thereafter; or a poem in celebration of the thoughts, feelings, and feats of a whole nation or race; its proper function is to <i> disimprison </i> the soul of the related facts and give a noble rendering of them; of compositions of this kind the "Iliad" of Homer, the "Æneid" of Virgil, and the "Divine Comedy" of Dante take the lead. </p> | ||
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