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EPIC 212624936
EPIC 212624936 (K2-361) is a G-type star 562 parsecs away with two confirmed transiting K2 planets: a 0.58-day super-Earth (b) and an 11.8-day mini-Neptune (c), validated by Adams et al. 2021.
EPIC 212737443
EPIC 212737443, also known as K2-310, is a K-type dwarf star about 340 parsecs away in Virgo, orbited by two validated sub-Neptune planets found in K2 data in 2019.
EPIC 220674823
EPIC 220674823 (K2-106, TYC 608-458-1) is a G5 V star 797.7 light-years away with two K2 transiting planets: a 0.57-day ultra-short-period super Earth (1.61 R_E, 7.54 M_E) and a 13.34-day sub-Neptune (2.71 R_E).
EPIC 249893012
EPIC 249893012 (K2-314) is a slightly evolved G8 IV-V star about 321 parsecs away hosting three transiting planets announced in 2020: a hot rocky 8.75-Earth-mass super-Earth (K2-314 b) and two low-density sub-Neptunes, c and d.
EPIC City, Texas
EPIC City, later rebranded The Meadow, is a proposed 402-acre Muslim-centric master-planned community near Josephine, Texas, by the East Plano Islamic Center's developer Community Capital Partners, facing state investigations, a closed DOJ probe, and securities litigation.
Epic Cycle (πικὸς κύκλος)
The Epic Cycle (᾽Επικὸς κύκλος) is a lost collection of archaic Greek epics on the gods, the Theban Wars, and the Trojan War, known from Proclus' summaries and fragments, distinct from the surviving Iliad and Odyssey.
Epic film
An epic film is a large-scale motion picture with sweeping historical, biblical, or mythological subject matter, from Italy's early epics and The Birth of a Nation (1915) to Gladiator (2000).
Epic Games
Epic Games, formerly Epic MegaGames and Potomac Computer Systems, is an American video game developer founded by Tim Sweeney in 1991, known for Fortnite and Unreal Engine.
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Store: Epic Games' digital game storefront launched December 2018 in the Fortnite launcher; known for its 88/12 developer revenue split versus Steam's 70/30, weekly free games, and paid PC exclusives.
Epic Games v. Apple
Epic Games v. Apple, antitrust suit filed August 13, 2020 over the App Store's 30% commission and anti-steering rules; Epic lost federal claims but won a California UCL injunction, later enforced through 2025 contempt rulings.
Epic Games v. Google
Epic Games v. Google, filed August 2020 after Fortnite was pulled from Google Play, is the US antitrust suit a jury decided for Epic in December 2023, leading to an injunction opening the Play Store to rival stores and payment methods.
Epic Mazur
Epic Mazur, born Bret Hadley Mazur (1970, Brooklyn), co-founded rap-rock band Crazy Town with Shifty Shellshock; co-produced The Gift of Game and co-wrote the 2001 Billboard Hot 100 number one "Butterfly."
Epic Meal Time
Epic Meal Time is a Canadian web cooking series created by Harley Morenstein and Sterling Toth, launched on YouTube in October 2010, known for extreme high-calorie recipes.
Epic Mickey
Disney Epic Mickey is a 2010 Wii action-adventure platformer by Warren Spector's Junction Point, set in Wasteland with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, using paint and thinner choices; remade as Rebrushed in 2024.
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, also Disney Epic Mickey 2, is a 2012 Junction Point action-platformer by Warren Spector pairing Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in co-op; poor reviews and sales led to Junction Point's January 2013 closure.
Epic Movie
Epic Movie is a 2007 American parody comedy film directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer that spoofs blockbusters like The Da Vinci Code and Narnia.
EPIC NGL Pipeline
The EPIC NGL Pipeline, formally the EPIC Y-Grade Pipeline, is a natural gas liquids pipeline in Texas running from the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford to the Gulf Coast.
Epic of Alp Er Tunga
The Epic of Alp Er Tunga (Alp Er Tunga Destanı) is a Turkish heroic epic about a legendary 7th-century BC Saka ruler and his wars against the Iranians.
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh, known to Babylonians as ša nagba imuru, is an ancient Akkadian poem about Uruk's king, his friend Enkidu, and his failed quest for immortality.
Epic of King Gesar (གེ་སར)
Epic of King Gesar (Gesar of Ling, Mongolian Geser Khan): living Central Asian oral epic of a heaven-sent hero vanquishing monsters and unifying tribes, performed by Tibetan, Mongolian, and Tu bards and inscribed by UNESCO in 2009.
Epic of Köroğlu
The Epic of Köroğlu (Köroğlu Destanı) is a heroic oral epic of the Turkic peoples about a minstrel and poet who revolts against a ruler's injustice, told in some five hundred versions.
Epic of Manas
The Epic of Manas (Манас эпосу) is the national heroic epic of the Kyrgyz people, an oral poem about the warrior Manas, at roughly 500,000 lines in its longest version.
Epic of Ségou
The Epic of Ségou is an oral epic of the Bambara people recounting the kingdom of Ségou in 18th and 19th-century Mali, performed by griots.
Epic of Sundiata
The Epic of Sundiata (Sunjata epic) is a Mande oral epic of West Africa recounting how Sundiata Keita founded the Mali Empire after defeating Sumanguru Kanté at Kirina c. 1235; carried by griots, first printed by Niane in 1960.
Epic of the Forgotten
Epic of the Forgotten (Epopeya na zabravenite) is a cycle of twelve odes by Ivan Vazov honoring Bulgarian National Revival figures, written 1881 to 1884.
Epic poetry
Epic poetry, or heroic poetry, is long narrative verse on heroic deeds, from Gilgamesh and Homer's Iliad to the Aeneid and Kalevala, defined by hexameter meter, oral-formulaic composition, and conventions like in medias res openings.
Epic poetry in Republican-era Turkish poetry
Epic poetry in Republican-era Turkish poetry (epik şiir, or destan) is a strand of verse after 1923 treating the War of Independence in grand narrative style.
Epic Rap Battles of History
Epic Rap Battles of History is an American YouTube musical comedy series created by Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist in 2010, pitting historical figures in rap battles.
Epic Records
Epic Records, also Epic Records UK and Epic Records France, is a Sony Music Entertainment record label founded in 1953 by CBS's Columbia Records; home of Thriller, led since 2026 by Ezekiel Lewis.
Epic Records Japan (record label)
Epic Records Japan (エピックレコードジャパン) is a Japanese record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan, founded in 1978 as Epic Sony, a sister label of CBS/Sony.