Epic commonly refers to: *

Epic poetry In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. With regard t ...

, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation *

Epic film Epic films have large scale, sweeping scope, and spectacle. The term is slightly ambiguous, sometimes designating a film genre and at other times simply big-budget films. Like epics in the classical literary sense, it is often focused on a her ...

, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) or EPIC(s) may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film

* ''Epic'' (1984 film) * ''Epic'' (2013 film) * '' Epic Movie'', a 2007 film

Gaming

* ''Epic'' (tabletop game), a series of tabletop wargames * ''Epic'' (play-by-mail game) * ''Epic'' (video game), a 1992 video game * ''Epic: Battle for Moonhaven'', a 2013 video game by

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based on the film ''Epic'' (2013) * '' Epic Card Game'', a 2015 strategy card game by White Wizard Games

Literature

* ''Epic'' (Kostick novel), a 2004 novel by Conor Kostick * ''

Epic Illustrated ''Epic Illustrated'' was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. Similar to the US-licensed comic book magazine ''Heavy Metal (magazine), Heavy Metal'', it allowed explicit content to be featured, un ...

'', a 1980s anthology series published by Marvel Comics

Music

Albums

* ''Epic'' (Blood on the Dance Floor album), 2011 * ''Epic'' (Borknagar album), 2004 * ''Epic'' (R. Kelly album), 2010 * ''Epic'' (Sharon Van Etten album), 2010 * ''Epic'' (Tang Dynasty album), 1998 * '' Epic: The Musical'', 2020s series of albums by Jorge Rivera-Herrans * '' Epic: The Poetry of War'', 2001 album by Kataklysm

Songs

* "Epic" (Faith No More song), 1990 * "Epic" (Sandro Silva & Quintino song), 2011 * "Epic" (Big Time Rush song), 2011 * "Epic", a song by Sentenced from ''

North from Here ''North from Here'' is the second album by the Finnish metal band Sentenced. Lyrics of the album deal with Sentenced's typical melancholy, but some also deal with the mythology and history of Finnish warfare and the national romantic epic of '' ...

'' * "Epic", a song by Regurgitator from their eleventh studio album ''

Invader ''InVader'' is the fourth album by Finnish glam metal band Reckless Love Reckless Love is a Finnish rock band formed in Kuopio in 2001. They released their debut album in 2010, which reached number 13 in the Finnish charts. In 2011, they rele ...

'', 2024

Genres

Epic (genre) Epic is a narrative genre characterised by its length, scope, and subject matter. The defining characteristics of the genre are mostly derived from its roots in ancient poetry (epic poems such as Homer's ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey''). An epic is not ...

, a genre of narrative *

Epic fantasy High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot. Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Pres ...

, a subgenre of fantasy literature *

Epic trance Uplifting trance (often synonymous with epic trance, energetic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance) is a broad subgenre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1996, is derived from ...

, a subgenre of trance music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Epic TV Epic TV is an Indian television channel that airs action, drama, comedy and narrative non-fiction and fictional programming with a focus on Indian history, folklore and epic genre. Launched by IN10 Media Network on 19 November 2014, a compan ...

, an Indian Hindi-language TV channel *

Epic Comics Epic Comics (also known as the Epic Comics Group)Shooter, Jim. "Bullpen Bulletins: The Truth About the Epic Comics Group!" Marvel comics cover-dated November 1982. was an imprint of American publishing company Marvel Comics, active from 1982 to ...

, an imprint of Marvel Comics *

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), cong ...

, a record label subsidiary of Sony

Brands and enterprises

* Epic, a telecommunications company owned by Monaco Telecom ** Epic (Cyprus), a telecommunications provider in Cyprus, formerly MTN Cyprus ** Epic (Malta), a telecommunications provider in Malta, formerly Vodafone Malta * Epic!, a children's subscription-based reading and learning platform * Epic Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer in Bend, Oregon * Epic Films, an Australian film production company *

Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American Video game developer, video game and software development, software developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney (game developer), Tim Sween ...

, an American video game company *

Epic Systems Epic Systems Corporation is an American privately held healthcare software company based in Verona, Wisconsin. According to the company, hospitals that use its software held medical records of 78% of patients in the United States and over 3% ...

, a healthcare software company in Verona, Wisconsin * Epics (company), a Japanese video game developer * Red Epic, a motion picture camera produced by Red Digital Cinema

Organizations

* Education for Peace in Iraq Center, a charitable organization located in Washington, D.C. * El Paso Intelligence Center, a Drug Enforcement Agency building in El Paso, Texas * Electors Photo Identity Card, the standard form of voter ID in India *

Electronic Privacy Information Center The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is an independent nonprofit research center established in 1994 to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age. Based in Washington, D.C., their mission i ...

, an independent non-profit research center * End Poverty in California, a political movement led by Upton Sinclair * Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, a type of public-sector body in France and other countries *

European Photonics Industry Consortium The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is a not-for-profit association with headquarters in Paris, France. EPIC serves the photonics community through a regular series of workshops, market studies and partnering. EPIC focuses its actio ...

, an association of photonics companies based in Paris * Epic Energy, owner and operator of gas pipelines in South Australia

Places

* EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin's Docklands * Epic Residences & Hotel, a skyscraper in Downtown Miami completed in 2008 *

East Plano Islamic Center The East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) is a mosque located in Plano, Texas. The current building of the masjid opened in July 2015. The current Imam is Nadim Bashir, and the current resident scholar is Yasir Qadhi. The mosque is one of Islam in DFW ...

, or EPIC Masjid, a mosque located in Plano, Texas * Eastside Preparatory Impact Center, a building focused on sustainability at Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland, Washington * Energy Production and Infrastructure Center, at the

University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...

Exhibition Park in Canberra Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) is a 70 hectare showground and multi-building venue for exhibitions, conferences, and events located in the suburb of Lyneham, Australian Capital Territory, Lyneham (though commonly listed in the adjacent Mit ...

, a large showground and multi-building venue in Australia

Technology

* EPIC (form factor), a single-board computer form factor based on the PC/104 ** EPIC Express, an EPIC board with PCI Express capability * Epic (web browser) * Epic, a large

user story In software development and product management, a user story is an informal, natural language description of features of a software system. They are written from the perspective of an end user or user of a system, and may be recorded on index ...

in software development and product management * Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, an earth-facing camera in the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite * Electromagnetic Personal Interdiction Control * Embedded Programmable Interrupt Controller *

EPICS Epic commonly refers to: * Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation * Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) ...

, a software environment for distributed control systems * Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems *

Explicitly parallel instruction computing Explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) is a term coined in 1997 by the Itanium, HP–Intel alliance to describe a computing paradigm that researchers had been investigating since the early 1980s. This paradigm is also called ''Independe ...

, a CPU architecture design philosophy * Expansion via Prediction of Importance with Contextualization, a learned sparse retrieval algorithm

Other uses

* Ecliptic Plane Input Catalog, a database of stars and planets * Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage, a New York State program to help old people pay for medications * Epic Mazur (born 1970), an American rapper * EPIC, the term for a

ticker symbol A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded Share (finance), shares of a particular stock or Security (finance), security on a particular stock exchange. Ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols ...

in the United Kingdom prior to 1996 * Epic morphism, or

epimorphism In category theory, an epimorphism is a morphism ''f'' : ''X'' → ''Y'' that is right-cancellative in the sense that, for all objects ''Z'' and all morphisms , : g_1 \circ f = g_2 \circ f \implies g_1 = g_2. Epimorphisms are categorical analo ...

, a mathematical concept *

European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study is a Europe-wide prospective cohort study of the relationships between diet and cancer, as well as other chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease. With over half ...

, a Europe-wide cohort study of diet and cancer * '' Norwegian Epic'', a cruise ship * Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care, a program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson * Dodge EPIC, a concept battery electric minivan later produced as the Dodge Caravan EPIC and Plymouth Voyager EPIC for lease to fleets * Vauxhall Epic, also known as the Envoy Epic, a small family car