Usually means: Short, narrative poem in epic style.
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  3. epyllion: Collins English Dictionary
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  2. EPYLLION: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epyllion)

▸ noun:  (literary) A "little epic".
▸ noun:  (literary) A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme.

Similar:
epicism, epopee, epical, epicedian, epick, epode, epopoeia, epopea, epicosity, epopœia, more...

Opposite:
epic, long poem, narrative poem

Adjectives:
erotic, elizabethan, alexandrian, hellenistic, neoteric, ovidian, latin, mythological, proper, own, greek

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Similar:
epicism, epopee, epical, epicedian, epick, epode, epopoeia, epopea, epicosity, epopœia, more...

Opposite:
epic, long poem, narrative poem

Adjectives:
erotic, elizabethan, alexandrian, hellenistic, neoteric, ovidian, latin, mythological, proper, own, greek



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