About 100 results for ‘Epic poetry’
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Epic poetry
An epic (from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός, from ἔπος "word, story, poem") is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since the works of Virgil, Dante Alighieri, and John Milton. Many probably would not have survived if not written down. The first epics are known as primary, or original, epics. One such epic is the Old English story Beowulf. Epics that attempt to imitate these like Milton's Paradise Lost are known as literary, or secondary, epics. Another type of epic poetry is epyllion, which is a brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme. The term, which means 'little epic', came into use in the nineteenth century. It refers primarily to the erudite, shorter hexameter poems of the Hellenistic period and the similar works composed at Rome from the age of the neoterics; to a lesser degree, the term includes some poems of the English Renaissance, particularly those influenced by Ovid. The most famous example of classical epyllion is perhaps Catullus 64. Some of the most famous examples of epic poetry include the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Iliad and the Odyssey.
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- Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
L'EDUCATION D'ACHILLE : LA LECON D'EQUITATION
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- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques-Louis David
LES AMOURS DE PARIS ET D'HELENE
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- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Cérès protégeant Triptolème contre le roi Lyncus
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ceres (mythology)
- Dragon
- Poignard
- Sleep
- Triptolemus
- Wheat
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
LES OMBRES DES HEROS FRANCAIS RECUES PAR OSSIAN DANS SON ...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apotheosis
- Nymph
- Ossian
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
ROGER DELIVRANT ANGELIQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LES ADIEUX D'HECTOR ET D'ANDROMAQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ancient history
- Andromache
- Astyanax
- Chariot
- City gate
- Family
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LE SACRIFICE D'IPHIGENIE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Calchas
- Cloud
- Littoral zone
- Military camp
- Sacrifice
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Frans Francken the Younger
ULYSSE RECONNAISSANT ACHILLE PARMI LES FILLES DE LYCOMEDE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Musical instrument
- Odysseus
- Painting
- Vase
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- Date:
- 17th century
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SCENE DE L'HISTOIRE DE CEPHALE ET PROCRIS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cephalus
- Conversation
- Diana (mythology)
- Temple
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- Date:
- 15th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giuseppe Cades
ACHILLE RETIRE SOUS SA TENTE AVEC PATROCLE, JOUANT DE LA ...
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- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jules Bastien-Lepage
PRIAM AUX PIEDS D'ACHILLE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Priam
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- Date:
- 19th century
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MERCURE ET HERSE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Athens
- Mercury (mythology)
- Minerva
- Paganism
- Temple
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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Vénus faisant panser les blessures d'Enée
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aeneas
- Health care
- Injury
- Medicine
- Venus (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Fernand Cormon
CAIN
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- Artist(s):
- Odilon Redon
Roland à Roncevaux
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- Portrayed subject:
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- Roland
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacques-Louis David
Le combat de Minerve contre Mars
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cadaver
- Minerva
- Serviceman
- Troy
- Venus (mythology)
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LE CHRIST ET LE JUIF ERRANT ; APPARITION DE SAINT MICHEL ...
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Beatific vision
- Crucifixion of Jesus
- Horse
- Michael (archangel)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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AHASVERUS RETROUVE RACHEL, CHOEUR DES FEMMES RESSUSCITEES
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Rachel
- Social group
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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