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1. A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
   - epic poem, heroic poem, epos

1. Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
   "an epic voyage"
   - heroic, larger-than-life
    
2. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
   "epic tradition"
   - epical

Derived forms: epics

See also: big, large

Type of: poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Epic