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 Gameloft 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'', 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'' * "Epic", a song by Regurgitator from their eleventh studio album '' Invader'', 2024

Genres

* Epic (genre), a genre of narrative * Epic fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy literature * Epic trance, a subgenre of trance music

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Epic TV, an Indian Hindi-language TV channel * Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics * Epic Records, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 * Exhibition Park in Canberra, 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 * Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, an earth-facing camera in the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite * Electromagnetic Personal Interdiction Control * Embedded Programmable Interrupt Controller * EPICS, a software environment for distributed control systems * Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based Systems * Explicitly parallel instruction computing, 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 in the United Kingdom prior to 1996 * Epic morphism, or epimorphism, a mathematical concept * European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, 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