Crossword clues for epical
epical
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epical \Ep"ic*al\, a. Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv.
Poems which have an epical character.
--Brande & C.
His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical).
--Lowell.
Wiktionary
a. (cx now rare English) Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose. n. 1 (context literature English) Any book containing 2 or more epics. 2 (context poetry English) In epic poetry, a lengthy, revered narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
WordNet
adj. constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition" [syn: epic]
Usage examples of "epical".
In fact, up to the present time, this current alone has received attention from the epical poet, the annalist, the historian, and the sociologist.
Crazy Horse was a typical Sioux brave, and from the point of view of our race an ideal hero, living at the height of the epical progress of the American Indian and maintaining in his own character all that was most subtle and ennobling of their spiritual life, and that has since been lost in the contact with a material civilization.
If I heard you without being made helpless by amazement, ’tis because I have myself speculated that another Earth such as you describe might indeed exist, and be the source of myths and legends, such as those told of Frederik Barbarossa, or the great epical chansons about the Emperor Napoleon and his heroes.