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Epic Epopee Ep Uh Pee Noun Poetry Poem Greek Epopoiia

An epopee refers to epic poetry or an epic poem, deriving from Greek roots meaning "song" and "to make."

An epopee is a term for epic poetry or a specific epic poem, often drawing from Greek origins.

Front epopee \EP-uh-pee\
Back noun
Epic poetry or an epic poem.

[From Greek epopoiia, from epos (song) + poiein (to make).]

"The struggle between the sons of the moon and those of the sun, between the Kauravas and the Pandavas form the subject of the great Hindu epopee, the Mahabharata." - Edouard Schure; Krishna & Orpheus; Kessinger Publishing; 1995.

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