epic poem

An epic poem is a lengthy, narrative verse work that recounts the heroic deeds and adventures of legendary or historical figures, often reflecting the values and culture of the society from which it originates.

Observed surface forms (36)

• ancient Greek epic poem ×3
• kakawin ×3
• Sanskrit epic ×2
• Ancient Indian epic poem ×1
• Armenian epic ×1
• Buddhist epic ×1
• Byzantine epic poem ×1
• German heroic lay ×1
• Hellenistic poem ×1
• Latin narrative poem ×1

• Oghuz Turkic epic ×1
• Old English epic poem ×1
• Old High German heroic poem ×1
• Old Javanese court poem ×1
• Old Javanese epic poem ×1
• Tamil epic poem ×1
• Turkic folk epic ×1
• ancient Greek epic poems ×1
• ancient Indian epic poem ×1
• book-length poem sequence ×1
• chronicle in verse ×1
• classical epic ×1
• collection of ancient Greek epic poems ×1
• didactic epic ×1
• early medieval poem ×1
• epic ×1
• epic cycle ×1
• heroic epic ×1
• heroic poem ×1
• lost epic cycle ×1
• medieval historiographical poem ×1
• mock-heroic poem ×1
• narrative poetry ×1
• national epic ×1
• oral epic ×1
• oral poetry tradition ×1

Instances (33)

• Os Lusíadas
• Hildebrandslied via concept surface "Old High German heroic poem"
• Homer's Iliad via concept surface "ancient Greek epic poem"
  surface form: Iliad
• Mahabharata via concept surface "Sanskrit epic"
• Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
  surface form: Divine Comedy
• Ramayana via concept surface "ancient Indian epic poem"
• Virgil's Aeneid
• Hesiodic Catalogue of Women via concept surface "ancient Greek epic poem"
• Beowulf via concept surface "Old English epic poem"
• Homeric epics via concept surface "ancient Greek epic poems"
• Shahnameh
• The Song of Hiawatha
• Tales of a Wayside Inn via concept surface "narrative poetry"
• The Brus
• Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London via concept surface "mock-heroic poem"
• Homer's Odyssey
• La Henriade
• Digenis Akritas via concept surface "Byzantine epic poem"
• Epic of Gilgamesh
• Armenian epic Daredevils of Sassoun via concept surface "Armenian epic"
  surface form: Daredevils of Sassoun
• Manimekalai via concept surface "Tamil epic poem"
• Argonautica via concept surface "ancient Greek epic poem"
• Roman de Rou (Anglo-Norman transmission) via concept surface "medieval historiographical poem"
  surface form: Roman de Rou
• Montage of a Dream Deferred via concept surface "book-length poem sequence"
• Nagarakretagama via concept surface "Old Javanese court poem"
• Book of Dede Korkut via concept surface "epic"
• Epic of Köroğlu via concept surface "Turkic folk epic"
• Ovid’s Metamorphoses
• Trojan cycle via concept surface "lost epic cycle"
• Kakawin Smaradahana via concept surface "kakawin"
• Kakawin Hariwangsa
• Kakawin Gatotkacasraya via concept surface "kakawin"
• Nart sagas via concept surface "epic cycle"