1. (n.) An extended narrative poem about mythical achievements\; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

2. (n.) An epic or heroic poem. See Epic.

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