Also means
saga
Usage Note
Epopea refers to an epic narrative or saga — both the literary genre (l'epopea omerica = the Homeric epic) and, figuratively, any long heroic enterprise (la nostra epopea alpinistica). It is feminine and its plural is epopee. Do not confuse it with epico (the adjective 'epic') or poema epico (epic poem); epopea is the noun for the genre or a sweeping story.
Examples
"L'Iliade è una grande epopea."
Natural Translation
The Iliad is a great epic.

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