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...1308 and 1321. In [[Italian]] it is known as '''La Divina Comedia'''. The poem is thick with allegory, and was highly regarded by the poets of the [[Renai The poem is written in hendecasyllabic lines (ie lines of 11 syllables), with a [[te

Petrarch built his fame upon the epic poem ''Africa''. In 1327 he sighted a woman called Laura in the [[church]] of Sa

...bably specifically invented by Dante to fit with the trinity theme of that epic. [[Petrarch]] and [[Boccaccio]] also made use of terza rima. In his poem ''Complaint to His Lady'', [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] uses a style similar to ter

...[[shield]]s, especially by the [[Norse]] and [[Anglo-Saxon]]s. The [[epic poem]] [[Beowulf]] mentions shields made from linden-wood repeatedly.

The '''Chanson de Geste''' (''Song of Deeds'') is an form of epic poem, written in [[Old French]], concerning the deeds of [[Charlemagne]] and his ...rds of the hero so as to bring the names of heros of other poems into this poem.

...language, representing about 10% of the extant [[Anglo-Saxon]] corpus. The poem is untitled in the [[Beowulf manuscript|manuscript]], but has been known as The following is a small section of the text from the begining of the poem shown side by side with Gummere's English translation.

...language, representing about 10% of the extant [[Anglo-Saxon]] corpus. The poem is untitled in the [[manuscript]], but has been known as Beowulf since the

* Akritas / Acritas ()Basil Digenis - soldier and hero of an epic poem