Epos

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

epos
    n 1: a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society
         by treating some epic theme
    2: a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: {epic
       poem}, {heroic poem}, {epic}, {epos}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Epos \Ep"os\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
   An epic.
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