epic poem

Summary

epic poem is a literary genre^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,773 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• epic poem's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3].
• epic poem is a type of epic literature^[4].
• epic poem is a type of verse poetry^[5].
• epic poem is a type of narrative poetry^[6].
• epic poem's Commons category is recorded as Epic poetry^[7].
• epic poem's said to be the same as is recorded as epopeio^[8].
• epic poem's said to be the same as is recorded as epic literature^[9].
• epic poem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epic poems^[10].
• epic poem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epic^[11].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[12].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[16].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[17].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[19].
• epic poem's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[20].
• epic poem's different from is recorded as epic^[21].
• epic poem's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].
• epic poem's model item is recorded as Iliad^[23].

Body

Definition and Type

epic poem's instance of is recorded as literary genre^[3]. Recorded subclass of include epic literature^[4], verse poetry^[5], and narrative poetry^[6].

Influence

Things named for epic poem include AMD EPYC^[24], a brand name^[25], founded in 2017^[26] and epic literature^[27], a literary mode^[28].

Why It Matters

epic poem ranks in the top 2% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,773 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for it include AMD EPYC^[24], a brand name^[25], founded in 2017^[26] and epic literature^[27], a literary mode^[28].