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A.Word.A.Day--epos

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This week's theme: words related to words, writing, and language.

epos (EP-os) noun

1. An epic.

2. A number of poems, not formally united or transmitted orally, that treat an epic theme.

[From Latin, from Greek epos (speech, word).]

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-Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org)

"Not many people outside South Sulawesi know about this most unique epos, La Galigo." Carla Bianpoen; Jakarta Post; Ancient Bugis Epos Goes International; The Jakarta Post (Indonesia); Jan 15, 2004.

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