The Clue
Miltonian opus (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
Heroic
Majestic
Monumental
Vast
Ambitious in scope
Awesome, in slang
"Ben-Hur," for one
Big story
DeMille specialty
Grand in scale
Grand-scale
On a grand scale
Grand in scope
Great in scope
Grist for DeMille?
Heroic tale
"Iliad," e.g.
Kind of proportions
Long poem
Majestic poem
Of majestic proportion
Miniseries, maybe
Of sweeping proportions
Cast-of-thousands film
De Mille film
"Iliad" or "Aeneid," e.g.
Like "Paradise Lost"
Long, dignified poem
"The Lord of the Rings," e.g.
Noyes's "Drake," e.g.
"Paradise Lost," e.g.
Sword-and-sandal flick
"War and Peace," e.g.
D. W. Griffith product
"Poema del Cid," e.g.
Like some fails, in modern slang
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"