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epic, epoch
epic (EP ik) (noun)
Typically a story or writing describing the legendary and heroic events and happenings of a period in history: James read a historic saga, or an epic, to his children about a particular cowboy.
epoch (EP uhk, EE puhk") (noun)
A time in history that is set off by specific events or happenings: The creation of the printing press marked the beginning of the epoch of literacy for many Europeans and future generations around the world.

The balladeers told the epic tale of giants who lived on the earth before the present epoch in which we live.