epopee

American  

[ep-uh-pee, ep-uh-pee] / ˈɛp əˌpi, ˌɛp əˈpi /

Also epopoeia

noun

1. an epic.

2. epic poetry.

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epopee British  

/ ˈɛpəʊˌpiː, epɔpe, ˌɛpəˈpiːə /

noun

1. an epic poem

2. epic poetry in general

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Etymology

Origin of epopee

1690–1700; < French épopée < Greek epopoiía, equivalent to épo ( s ) epos + poi ( eîn ) to make + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

Herder calls the "Messiah" a Christian epopee, in musical sounds.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward

Fox was no literary oracle, and his opinion is here cited only as evidence that the superearthly is an acknowledged element in the epopee.

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

GOGOL.—Russian taste was already veering to the epic novel or epopee in prose, of which Gogol was the most illustrious representative until Tolstoy.

From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.

But it is in the Princess’s own Memoirs that the curious epopee must be read; and to which a dry abridgment does injustice.

From Political Women, Vol. 2 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

The popularity of the French epopee extended beyond France.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund