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81heroic meter — noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter • Syn: ↑heroic verse, ↑heroic • Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos * * * noun …
82heroic age — 1. one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds. 2. any period in the history of a nation, esp. in ancient Greece and Rome, when great heroes of legend lived: Achilles …
83Heroic measure — In medicine, heroic refers to a treatment or course of therapy which possesses a high risk of causing further damage to a patient s health, but is undertaken as a last resort with the understanding that any lesser treatment will surely result in… …
84Heroic bloodshed — L Heroic bloodshed (littéralement le carnage héroïque en français) est un genre du cinéma d action hongkongais tournant autour autour de scènes d action stylisées et de thèmes dramatiques tels que la fraternité, l honneur, le devoir, la… …
85heroic poem — noun a long narrative poem telling of a hero s deeds • Syn: ↑epic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos • Derivationally related forms: ↑epic (for: ↑epos), ↑epic ( …
86heroic verse — noun a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter • Syn: ↑heroic meter, ↑heroic • Hypernyms: ↑epic poem, ↑heroic poem, ↑epic, ↑epos …
87heroic verse — noun Date: 1586 1. dactylic hexameter especially of epic verse of classical times called also heroic meter 2. the iambic pentameter used especially in English epic poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries called also heroic line, heroic meter …
88Heroic Age — The Heroic Age was the period of Greek mythological history that lay between the purely divine events of the Theogony and Titanomachy and the advent of historical time after the Trojan War. It was demarcated as one of the five Ages of Man by… …
89heroic couplet — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heroic couplet : singular heroic couplet plural heroic couplets literature two lines of poetry that rhyme and use iambic pentameter …
90heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, esp. that popular in England c1660 1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets. * * * heroic drama, a type of English drama of the late 1600 s, heavily written in heroic couplets …
