epyllion

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

The term was first used in the Nineteenth Century.

[edit] Noun

epyllion (plural epyllia)

1. In poetry, a "little epic".
2. A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme.

[edit] Usage notes

It refers primarily to the type of erotic and mythological long elegy of which Ovid remains the master; to a lesser degree, the term includes some poems of the English Renaissance, particularly those influenced by Ovid. An example of a classical epyllion may be seen in the story of Nisus and Euryalus in Book IX of The Aeneid.

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• Alphagram: eillnopy
• polyline