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epopœia arch.|ɛpəʊˈpiːɪə|
In 8 epopea, -œa, 9 epopeia.
[a. mod.L. epopœia, a. Gr. ἐποποιΐα the making of epics, f. ἐποποιός maker of epics, f. ἔπος (see epos) + -ποιος maker.]
= epopee 1.
1749Hurd Horace's Art Poetry Wks. 1811 I. 67 It being more glaringly inconsistent with the genius of the drama to admit of foreign..ornaments, than of the extended Episodical Epopœia. 1756–82J. Warton Ess. Pope I. iii. 126 That the action of the epopea be one great and entire. 1782V. Knox Ess. II. 384 [Stesichorus] gave to lyric poetry all the solemnity of the Epopœa. 1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVI. 248 He also wrote a tedious epopea, of which Belisarius is the hero. 1822Scott Nigel Introd. Ep., The plot of a regular and connected epopeia. |