epical

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“Cimarron,” screen transcription of Edna Ferber’s novel, achieves the revivification, an epical and human impression of the land rush days in Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Feminized in their materials, the works are epical in their titles, which include “Sabine Women,” “Horn of Roland,” “Proper Butch Goddess Freya” and “Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra.”

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015

Within certain limits, basically of middle-class interests and values, it’s epical.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

He tries to apply the epical veneer of The Caucasian Chalk Circle to the theme of little people whipped about in a historical convulsion, in this case France's punitive struggle with Algeria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The text ends with the line, “Oh praise Innini,” the literary note characteristic of epical compositions.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen