Typical De Mille film (4 letters)

{ Answer }

EPIC

{ Related Clues }

"Beowulf" is one
Grand
Grandiose
Heroic
Majestic
Monumental
Sweeping
"Ben-Hur," for one
Big production
Big story
DeMille output
Grand saga
Grand-scale
Heroic poem
Hero's tale
"Iliad," e.g.
The "Iliad," e.g.
Quite a story
Homer's "Iliad," e.g.
"Paradise Lost," e.g.
"War and Peace," e.g.
Many a sword-and-sandals film
More awesome than awesome
"Poema del Cid," e.g.

{ Tags }

beowulf, de, demille, eg, epic, film, grand, heroic, iliad, like, long, majestic, mille, odyssey, paradise, poem, proportions, scale, story, sweeping, tale

{ Notes }

The answer EPIC is very common and appears about once every 46.0 puzzles.

{ Definition }

EPIC as a noun:

1. (epic poem, heroic poem, epic, epos) = a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

EPIC as an adjective:

1. (epic, heroic, larger-than-life) = very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

2. (epic, epical) = constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition"