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means A long narrative poem, typically in elevated style, that recounts the deeds of heroes, gods, or the founding of nations.

from From Greek 'epos' meaning word, speech, or song — the root sense being simply 'what is spoken.' The Greeks used 'epikos' to describe the grand hexameter verse of poets like Homer, narrating heroic action on a national or cosmic scale. The word traveled through Latin 'epicus' into French and then English by the 16th century, keeping its original charge: not just any story, but one told in the elevated, sung-aloud register reserved for founding myths and legendary deeds.