the main character or protagonist in an epic that is heroically larger than life, often the source and subject of legend or a national hero
Epic hero: someone like superman or spiderman
The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas.
a long narrative poem recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
Aeneas was Virgil's epic hero.
An epic hero is a literary character; a superhero is a comic-book character.
Beowulf is an epic hero with a nine-letter name.
He isn't. He is the epic socialist.
An epic boast is an character is an epic poem boasting of his hero status. An epic hero is a very specific character type, an epic hero has superhuman strength, noble ties and is a skilled warrior. When a character boasts of being an epic hero he is performing an epic boast.
There are epic heroes in epic poems such as the Odyssey
No.
Probably a reference to Ulysses, the hero of Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
A long poem about a hero is called an " Epic. " Kay. Bye. ;)