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What (who) is epyllion - definition


epyllion         
SHORT EPIC POEM
Epyllia
[?'p?l??n, ?-]
¦ noun (plural epyllia) a narrative poem resembling an epic but of shorter extent.
Origin
C19: from Gk epullion, dimin. of epos 'word, song', from eipein 'say'.

Wikipedia

Epyllion
[dormiente, copia romana da originale greco degli inizi del II sec ac 01.JPG|thumb|A sleeping Ariadne]'s abandonment by [[Theseus is the topic of an elaborate ecphrasis in Catullus 64, the most famous extant epyllion.