The Clue
Many a Cecil B. DeMille film (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EPIC
Tags
Notes
The answer EPIC is very common and appears about once every 46 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Beowulf" is one
"Gandhi," for one
Grand
Grandiose
Heroic
Huge
"Iliad," for one
Majestic
Monumental
"Odyssey," for one
Sweeping
"Ulysses," for one
"Beowulf," e.g.
Big story
DeMille output
Of enormous import
"The Far Pavilions," for one
On a grand scale
Heroic tale
Hero's tale
Homeric genre
Huge in scope
"Iliad," e.g.
Iliad, e.g.
The "Iliad," e.g.
"Iliad" or "Odyssey"
Large-scale
Majestic; monumental
Majestic poem
The "Odyssey" or "Beowulf"
Sweeping story
Homer's "Odyssey," e.g.
"The Lord of the Rings," e.g.
"Paradise Lost," e.g.
Time-tested work
Word for Homer's works
Definition
EPIC as a noun:
1. (epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos) = a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
EPIC as an adjective:
1. (epic, heroic, larger-than-life) = very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"
2. (epic, epical) = constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition"