In all the round world of Utopia there is no meat. There used to be, but now we cannot stand the thought of slaughterhouses.
—H G Wells - A Modern Utopia
epic
A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. Two of the most famous epic poems are the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, which tell about the Trojan War and the adventures of Odysseus on his voyage home after the war.