epos
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
Types & categories
- verse hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Types & categories
- poem hypernym
- chanson de geste hyponym
- rhapsody hyponym
- heroic verse hyponym
- Aeneid instance hyponym
- Divine Comedy instance hyponym
- Iliad instance hyponym
- Odyssey instance hyponym
- Nibelungenlied instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- epical derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | verse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | epical |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | poem |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chanson de geste |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhapsody |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heroic verse |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Aeneid |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Divine Comedy |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Iliad |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Odyssey |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nibelungenlied |