叙事詩|じょじしjojishi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounepic (poem); epic poetry
   やがてジェラシーは叙事詩じょじしの１ページを飾かざり。↗

   Jealousy embellishes a page of the epic.

• SynonymエピックNeutralLoanword for an epic; also used for grand, sweeping narratives, as in 「エピックファンタジー」. 「叙事詩」 is the established name of the literary genre.
• Related譚歌たんかWrittenWritten term for narrative ballads or folk songs; these are shorter pieces, while 「叙事詩」 is a long epic poem.

For a long poem telling of heroic deeds, use 「叙事詩」, as in 「ホメロスの叙事詩」. The loanword 「エピック」 also covers grand narratives; 「譚歌」 and 「バラード」 are short narrative songs.

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1. 民族みんぞくの歴史的れきしてき事件じけんや、英雄えいゆうの事跡じせきを叙事じょじ的てきに物語ものがたった韻文いんぶん。