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An epic poem, epic (from Latin epicus, from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός, epikos, from ἔπος, epos, [1] "word, story, poem" [2]), epos (from Latin epos, from Greek ἔπος, epos [3]), or epopee (from French épopée, from neo-Latin epopoeia [4]) is a leng...