Epic
a poem which narrates the history, real or fictitious, of some notable action or achievement, or series of actions or achievements, accomplished by some distinguished hero. The most celebrated epic poems are in Greek literature, the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" of Homer; in Latin, the "Enid of Vergil"; and in English, the "Paradise Lost" of Milton.
EPICTETUS (ep-ik-te'tus), a Greek Stoic philosopher; born in Hierapolis, Phrygia, about A. D. 50. A slave and then a freed-man at Rome where he taught philosophy there till 94, when all philosophers were banished by Domitian; he apparently returned later and lived into Hadrian's reign. The essential tenets of Stoicism are nowhere more clearly or feelingly set forth than by him. No writings of his are known; but his maxims were gathered and published in the "Encheiridion," or handbook, and the "Commentaries."
EPICURUS (ep-i-kūrus), a famous Grecian philosopher; lived from about 341 B. C to 270 B. C. He was a teacher of philosophy rather as a rule of life than as a system of knowledge, and began to teach when he was about 32 years old, EPIDEMIC The Epicurean doctrines were in time inseparable from the practice of virtue. fication of sense, rather in the delight pleasure, but not in the momentary gratihis great school was at Athens, where he settled about 305 B. c. According to him the supreme good of life is found in pleasure, but not in the momentary gratification of sense, rather in the delight