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Heroic poetry   /hɪrˈoʊɪk pˈoʊətri/   Listen
adjective
Heroic  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
2.
Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
3.
(Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; said of the representation of a human figure.
Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero; epic poetry.
Heroic treatment or Heroic remedies (Med.), treatment or remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate case.
Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry, being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and in classic poetry the hexameter.
Synonyms: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold; gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous; illustrious.






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... came from abroad; of literature there was none, long after Greece had passed its period of heroic poetry. The dwellings of the citizens were low and insignificant, though as time passed on they became more massive and important. The vast public structures of the later kings were comparable to the task-work of the builders of the Egyptian pyramids, ...
— The Story of Rome From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic • Arthur Gilman



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