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Epics

Scope note

Long narrative poems celebrating on a grand scale the adventures and deeds of one or more heroic figures, often involving the saving or founding of a nation.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000253035

Broader Terms used

<poems by function>

Equivalent Terms used

epic

Created

12yrs ago

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