noun
- an epic poem or a body of epic poetry; a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds or events
Usage: literary; formal
Examples
- Homer's Iliad is one of the greatest epopees in Western literature.
- The student studied the epopee of Beowulf in her English class.
- Medieval epopees often told stories of knights and their quests.
- Dante's Divine Comedy is considered a masterpiece of epic epopee.
- The professor lectured on the structure and themes of ancient epopees.