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Actions appropriate to the epic include:
Actions appropriate to the epic include:
* Deeds of heroes like Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Prometheus
* Deeds of [[hero | heroes]] like Beowulf, Gilgamesh, Prometheus
* Battles against great odds, like Roland
* Battles against great odds, like Roland
* Wars between individual heroes as in the ''Iliad''
* Wars between individual heroes as in the ''Iliad''
* Real voyages as in the ''Odyssey''; or allegorical voyages through a different terrain as in the ''Divine Comedy'''
* Real voyages as in the ''Odyssey''; or [[allegory | allegorical]] voyages through a different terrain as in <i>[[The Divine Comedy]]</i>
* Initiation of great enterprises, as the founding of a new city in the ''Aeneid''
* Initiation of great enterprises, as the founding of a new city in the ''Aeneid''
* The performing of exploits, great and important; admirable actions accompanied by difficulty, temptations, and danger
* The performing of exploits, great and important; admirable actions accompanied by difficulty, temptations, and danger