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Can something written in prose be considered an "epic"? Sometimes you see big, long works, like War & Peace, called "epic", but are they truly an epic if they're not in verse?

>> No.15151374

bump

>> No.15151394

>>15150878
why would you go and make an autism reveal thread just like that
oh wait

>> No.15152017

Yes.

>> No.15152424

>>15150878
Technically any great story can be an epic, and that's all ἐπῐκός literally means in Ancient Greek: of words, storied. In practice all of the heroic stories in Ancient Greece were told and recalled in verse, but they're not making any new Ancient Greeks, so the word evolved.

>> No.15153323

>anime picture
I didn't even have to read your post to know you're retarded.

>> No.15153364

>>15150878
the technical term for the aesthetically "epic" is sublime
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy)