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The document discusses the definition and characteristics of epic poems and their heroes. It defines an epic as a long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero that embodies societal values. Epics often concern conflicts between good and evil and are written on a grand scale. They can be either oral folk epics or fixed literary epics. Epics typically feature a hero undertaking a quest, supernatural elements, and heightened language. Epic heroes embody cultural ideals, undertake journeys, achieve immorta

Author

Robert Sorter

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EN