This week's theme: words about poetry. epopee (EP-uh-pee) noun
Epic poetry or an epic poem. [From Greek epopoiia, from epos (song) + poiein (to make).] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "The struggle between the sons of the moon and those of the sun, between the Kauravas and the Pandavas form the subject of the great Hindu epopee, the Mahabharata." Edouard Schure; Krishna & Orpheus; Kessinger Publishing; 1995. Sponsors' messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Perfect your French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines on foreign life & culture. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith3 ............................................................................ The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. -Christopher Morley, writer (1890-1957) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/epopee.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/epopee.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/epopee.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
