Epic poetry

Tablet conteenin a fragment o the Epic o Gilgamesh

An epic (frae the Auncient Greek adjective ἐπικός (epikos), frae ἔπος (epos) "wird, story, poem") is a lenthy narrative poem, ordinarily concernin a serious subject conteenin details o heroic deeds an events signeeficant tae a cultur or naition.