Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Epic \Ep"ic\, n.
   An epic or heroic poem. See {Epic}, a.

Epic \Ep"ic\, a. [L. epicus, Gr. ?, from ? a word, speech, tale,
   song; akin to L. vox voice: cf. F. ['e]pique. See {Voice}.]
   Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a
   kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in
   which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of
   some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.

         The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a
         grand style and with fullness of detail. --T. Arnold.

Source : WordNet®

epic
     adj 1: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary
            (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of
            heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture" [syn: {heroic},
             {larger-than-life}]
     2: constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a
        literary epic; "epic tradition" [syn: {epical}]

epic
     n : a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds [syn: {epic
         poem}, {heroic poem}, {epos}]