epic battles
Clashes for ages
Epic battles are large-scale, dramatic conflicts—originally the grand warfare depicted in classical epics like the Iliad, with heroes clashing amid thousands of warriors.
The phrase now applies broadly to any intense confrontation portrayed as momentous or legendary: The film's epic battles cost millions to produce.
In casual use, epic battles can describe smaller but hard-fought struggles: My epic battle with the insurance company finally ended.
- RagnarökNorse end times
- gladiatorsAncient Roman combat entertainers
- Battle of MidwayDecisive Pacific naval engagement
- battleArmed military engagement
- Battle of GettysburgCivil War's bloodiest engagement
sword and shield · Battle of Waterloo · Battle of Hastings · Trojan War · Thermopylae · Greek mythology · siege warfare · war cries · last stand · Battle of Stalingrad · Battle of the Somme · legendary warriors · mythic · hero's journey · good vs evil · carnage · adrenaline · graphic novels
- Epic WarfareIliad, Trojan War, Achilles, Hector, battle
- fishing talesthe one that got away, broken lines
- English EpicsBeowulf, Paradise Lost, Sir Gawain, Brut, kennings
- Epic MythsIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Beowulf, Gilgamesh
- epic poetryIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- Tolkien Fantasyhobbits, elves, dwarves, orcs, wizards
epic battlespeaceful coexistence
Non-hostile international relations
peace treaties · reconciliation · détente · truces · armistices