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Elements of an Epic
Epics are stories told on a grand scale, with armies, heroes, gods, and the brutal forces of nature depicted over long character arcs and sweeping landscapes.
http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/e/elements-of-an-epic
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The Life and Work of Homer
What Do We Actually Know?
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/homer/p/HomerGuide.htm
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Definition of Epic - Literary Devices
The word epic is derived from the Ancient Greek adjective, "epikos", which means a poetic story. In literature, an epic is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and unparalleled bravery.
http://literarydevices.net/epic/
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Epic: The Genre, Its Characteristics
Are there surviving ancient discussions of epic? Koster (1970; compare Thraede 1962) attempts to reconstruct some.
http://firstyear.barnard.edu/epic-genre-its-characteristics
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Epic Literary Genre- Britannica
Epic, long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and motion pictures, such as Sergey Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible.
https://www.britannica.com/art/epic
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Epic Poetry: Definition, Heroes and Stories
Learn about epic poetry in the ancient world. Explore two epic poems, Gilgamesh and The Iliad and discover the information these poems contain.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/epic-poetry-definition-heroes-stories.html
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Epic - Britannica
Long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Leo Tolstoy 's War and Peace, and motion pictures.
http://www.britannica.com/art/epic
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Epic poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry
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Top 10 Greatest Epic Poems
Modern poets tend to avoid the epic style poetry of the past – but there can be no doubt that many of them were influenced greatly by these poems. This is a selection of the most well known epic poems from before the 20th century.
http://listverse.com/2008/07/06/top-10-greatest-epic-poems/
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Epic: The Genre, Its Characteristics - First Year Foundation
For Greece and Rome this is the simplest explanation: it is a long narrative written in hexameters (or a comparable vernacular measure) which concentrates either on the fortunes of a great hero or perhaps a great civilization and the interactions of this hero and his civilization with the gods.
http://firstyear.barnard.edu/legacy/virgil/toohey
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Poetic Form - Epic
The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/epic
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Examples of Epic - Your Dictionary
The following examples of epic illustrate just what an epic is.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-epic.html
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What is an Epic? An Interactive Lesson Plan with Storyboards
Visually teach the six elements of an Epic and help students answer the question, "What is an Epic?" with the help of this interactive Epic lesson plan!
http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/education/english/elements-of-an-epic
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The 20 Greatest Epic Poems of All Time - Qwiklit
Few have better expressed the tumultuous rise and fall of civilizations better than the great Epic poets of ancient and modern times. By combining elevated language with war, betrayal, romance, adventure, and a whole lot of reflection, these twenty lengthy tomes have captured the essence of whole peoples in single (albeit gigantic) works.
https://qwiklit.com/2013/09/10/the-20-greatest-epic-poems-of-all-time/
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Greatest Ancient Epics (96 books) - Goodreads
96 books based on 24 votes: The Odyssey by Homer, The Arabian Nights by Anonymous, German Epic Poetry: The Nibelungenlied, the Older Lay of Hildebrand.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/21801.Greatest_Ancient_Epics
