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Epic: Long story told in elevated language (usually poetry), which relates the great deeds of larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
Rhapsode: Wandering bards or minstrels; they were the historians, entertainers, and mythmakers of their time.

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Epic Simile: Extended comparisons of heroic or epic events to simple and easily understandable everyday events.
Epithet: Adjective or descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing.