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antiepic

noun

Etymology

From anti- + epic.

  1. derived from ἐπικός
  2. derived from epicus
  3. derived from épique
  4. prefixed as antiepic — “anti + epic”

Definitions

  1. A literary work challenging the conventions of the epic.

    • John Lewkenor, for example, challenges Virgil and the hierarchies of epic in a Petronius-style antiepic.

  2. Challenging the conventions of the epic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA