epyllion

/ ɪˈpɪlɪən /

noun

1. a miniature epic

Word History and Origins

Origin of epyllion¹

C19: from Greek, diminutive of epos

Example Sentences

Matthew Ball is the managing partner of Epyllion and the author of a new book called The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything.

From The Verge

“It’s hard to imagine how at least the immediate future is going to have as much spending or as much game time or as many players as the industry benefited from last year,” said Matthew Ball, managing partner at Epyllion Industries, which operates a venture capital fund that invests in gaming.

From New York Times

“Sony is focused on convincing gamers they need to get a PlayStation 5,” said Matthew Ball, the managing partner at Epyllion Industries, which operates a venture capital fund.

From New York Times

The form of art to which it belongs is the 'Epyllion' or heroic idyll, of which several specimens are found among the poems of Theocritus.

From Project Gutenberg

There is a similar want of unity in the 'Pastor Aristaeus' of Virgil, which was also composed in the manner of the Alexandrine Epyllion.

From Project Gutenberg