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The Epic

Epical Actions

• Deeds of heroes like Beowulf, Hercules, Prometheus
• Battles against great odds, like Roland
• Wars between individual heroes as in the Iliad
• Real voyages as in the Odyssey; or allegorical voyages through a different terrain as in the Divine Comedy
• Initiation of great enterprises, as the founding of a new city in The Aeneid
• The performing of exploits, great and important; admirable actions accompanied by difficulty, temptations, and danger