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epos

/ep-os/US // ˈɛp ɒs //UK // (ˈɛpɒs) //

电子信箱,电子邮箱,征求意见稿,征求意见表

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an epic.
    • : epic poetry.
    • : a group of poems, transmitted orally, concerned with parts of a common epic theme.
    • : a series of events suitable for treatment in epic poetry.

Examples

  • Gros became the great colourist of the Classical school, the singer of the Napoleonic epos.

  • When we first discover the epos, hexameter verse has already been selected for its vehicle.

  • Indeed the epos develops into tragedy with the full mythical unfolding of this story.

  • The Epos, too, knows Myken "rich in gold," and the "wealthy" Odeomenos.

  • Orthoepy, a word derived from the Greek orthon (upright), and epos (a word), signifies the right utterance of words.