1. an epic poem or a body of epic poetry; a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events
Usage: literary; formal
2. the genre or tradition of epic poetry
Usage: literary; formal

Examples

• Homer's Iliad is one of the greatest examples of epopoeia in Western literature.
• The study of epopoeia reveals how ancient cultures preserved their history through verse.
• Medieval scholars valued epopoeia as a window into the values of past civilizations.
• Virgil's Aeneid represents the height of Roman epopoeia.
• The tradition of epopoeia influenced countless writers throughout the Renaissance.