epic
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As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca.
From Science Daily â Aug. 4, 2026
The film based on the Greek epic poem has grossed $911 million after three weekends in theaters.
From The Wall Street Journal â Aug. 2, 2026
The nonlinear nature of Homer’s epic poem lends itself to his style.
From Salon â Aug. 2, 2026
On my last trip abroad, I took eight books for a three-week holiday, ranging from Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic Dune to James Ellroy's noir throwback The Black Dahlia.
From BBC â Jul. 31, 2026
“We want the first date to be epic and worthy of how we met,” I say.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Damon has explained the decline of mid-sized movies and outsized epics in other venues.
From Salon â Jul. 12, 2026
The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.
From Los Angeles Times â Mar. 17, 2026
The play will be "a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen", and will reach the stage in early 2027, the announcement said.
From BBC â Mar. 11, 2026
Among his many works of fiction were political thrillers, historical epics and drolly observed comedies.
From The Wall Street Journal â Feb. 27, 2026
King praised the students who had, as he put it, “fashioned...a creative protest that is destined to be one of the glowing epics of our time....”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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