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Epic: The Musical (stylized as EPIC) is a nine-part series of concept albums (referred to as "sagas") with music and lyrics by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. A sung-through adaptation of Homer's Odyssey inspired by musical theater, it tells the story of Odysseus as he tries to return from Troy to Ithaca after the ten-year-long Trojan War.
Kutune Shirka, sacred yukar epic of the Ainu people of which several translations exist; Lay of Mouse-fate (Musurdvitha), a fantasy epic inspired by animal fable and Arthurian legend. Mu'allaqat, Arabic poems written by seven poets in Classical Arabic, these poems are very similar to epic poems and specially the poem of Antarah ibn Shaddad
Recitative (lyrics not to be sung but to be recited, imitating the natural inflections of speech) religioso Religious repente Suddenly reprise Repetition of a phrase or verse; return to the original theme restez (Fr.) Stay in position, i.e., do not shift (string instruments) retenu (Fr.) Hold back; same as the Italian ritenuto (see below) Ridicolo
Epic originally comes from the Latin word epicus, which itself comes from the Ancient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos) deriving from ἔπος (epos), meaning "word, story, poem." [3] The word Epic, throughout the years, has adapted to different meanings that stem far away from its origins. In Ancient Greece, Epic was used in the form of ...
The second section is much slower in pace, highlighting Page's use of the Gibson EDS-1275 double-necked guitar, the only time he used that instrument on a Led Zeppelin studio song, [4] while Plant sings some reflective lyrics. The final section returns to an up-tempo beat, with all four band members performing in unison.
The Epic Cycle was the distillation in literary form of an oral tradition that had developed during the Greek Dark Age, which was based in part on localised hero cults. The traditional material from which the literary epics were drawn treats Mycenaean Bronze Age culture from the perspective of Iron Age and later Greece.
The primary form of epic, especially as discussed in this article, is the heroic epic, including such works as the Iliad and Mahabharata. Ancient sources also recognized didactic epic as a category, represented by such works as Hesiod 's Works and Days and Lucretius's De rerum natura .
Epic commonly refers to: Epic poetry , a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation Epic film , a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale