1. (noun)epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
2. (adj)epic, heroic, larger-than-life very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
3. (adj)epic, epical constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic "epic tradition"