In music or literature, describing works that combine elements from different epic or grand-scale artistic traditions.
From Greek hetero- 'different' and epic (from Greek epos 'word, speech, poem'). A rare literary and musical term for hybrid artistic styles.
Wagner's operas are sometimes called heteroepic because they blend Greek dramatic tradition, German folklore, and Nordic mythology into something entirely new—showing how genius often means mixing traditions creatively.
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