Serb$73941$ - translation to ελληνικό
![A [[Serb]] sings to the gusle (drawing from 1823). Serbian epic poems were often sung to the accompaniment of this traditional bowed string instrument.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hercegovac pjeva uz gusle.JPG?width=200 "A [[Serb]] sings to the gusle (drawing from 1823). Serbian epic poems were often sung to the accompaniment of this traditional bowed string instrument.")
![Ivan]] are dead.''<br>—taken from the Serb epic poem}}](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kosovo Maiden, Uroš Predić, 1919.jpg?width=200 "Ivan]] are dead.''<br>—taken from the Serb epic poem}}")
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Serbian epic poetry (Serbian: Српске епске народне песме, romanized: Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The main cycles were composed by unknown Serb authors between the 14th and 19th centuries. They are largely concerned with historical events and personages. The instrument accompanying the epic poetry is the gusle.
Serbian epic poetry helped in developing the Serbian national consciousness. The cycles of Prince Marko, the Hajduks and Uskoks inspired the Serbs to restore freedom and their heroic past. The Hajduks in particular, are seen as an integral part of national identity; in stories, the hajduks were heroes: they had played the role of the Serbian elite during Ottoman rule, they had defended the Serbs against Ottoman oppression, and prepared for the national liberation and contributed to it in the Serbian Revolution.
