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Meanings of national epic in English

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Usage of national epic in English
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The national epic is the expression of the active side of chivalry.
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
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It was destined to become the national epic-theIliad of Egypt.
Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 10
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The book is a worthy monument of a great national epic.
Through the Magic Door
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Kalevala (ka'la-va'la), "The land of heroes," the title of the national epic of Finland.
Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4
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One such is the Sisters of Kyllikki, named after a character in the national epic poem Kalevala.
Reuters
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Now, in this era of reversals, Doordarshan is poised to turn a soap opera into a national epic.
The new yorker
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Having your first great national epic made by a Hollywood studio is, to say the least, an ambiguous achievement.
The Irish Times
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I was a child in Winnipeg when the first Icelanders arrived, and their rise has been a national epic.
The Canadian Commonwealth
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The central object in Finland's national epic poem the Kalevala is the Sampo, a magical machine that produces money, flour and salt.
The Guardian
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Thus the noblest ideal of beauty as created, and in this wise the Greek national epic became the model of all kindred poetry.
Shakspere and Montaigne / An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency o...
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The romantic school now took up this old national epic and praised it as a German Iliad, unequalled in sublimity and natural power.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
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Among these the adventures of the national Samson (Toldi) have served as basis for Arany's modern national epic in twelve cantos.
The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story
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It is natural, therefore, to find that what may be called the great national epic of the Babylonians was of a religious character.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
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The business just now before the country makes a very good detective story; but as a national epic it is a little depressing.
Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays
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The greatest of all Eastern national epics is the work of a Persian.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
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Steinthal recognizes but four great national epics, viz., the Iliad, Kalevala, Nibelunge and the Roland Songs.
Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete
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