epopeen.

/ˈɛpəʊpiː/

Forms: Also 1700s–1800s -pée.

Etymology: < French épopée, < modern Latin epopœia (epopœia n.).

Now somewhat rare.

1. An epic poem (= epic n.). Usually the epic poem generically; the epic species of poetry.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem

epic1583

epopee1697

epopœia1749

epos1855

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. a4 Both of them abhor strong Metaphors, in which the Epopee delights.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 35 The action of the Drama or Epopee..must be one and entire.

1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe (1846) I. xvi. 465 The discovery of the comic epopee..The origin of the mock epopee.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. xxi. 234 The age of the epos is followed by that of the epopee.

2. transferred.

ΚΠ

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii.iii. 361 They may be said to constitute a sort of historical epopee.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 483 [The Imitatio Christi] is an epopee of the internal history of the human soul.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	epopee
释义	epopeen. /ˈɛpəʊpiː/ Forms: Also 1700s–1800s -pée. Etymology: < French épopée, < modern Latin epopœia (epopœia n.). Now somewhat rare. 1. An epic poem (= epic n.). Usually the epic poem generically; the epic species of poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > narrative poem > [noun] > epic poem epic1583 epopee1697 epopœia1749 epos1855 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. a4 Both of them abhor strong Metaphors, in which the Epopee delights. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 35 The action of the Drama or Epopee..must be one and entire. 1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe (1846) I. xvi. 465 The discovery of the comic epopee..The origin of the mock epopee. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. xxi. 234 The age of the epos is followed by that of the epopee. 2. transferred. ΚΠ 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii.iii. 361 They may be said to constitute a sort of historical epopee. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 483 [The Imitatio Christi] is an epopee of the internal history of the human soul. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1697
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