Beowulf

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often... Wikipedia

• Author(s):  Unknown
• Language:  West Saxon dialect of Old English
• Date:  disputed (c. 700–1000 AD)
• State of existence:  Manuscript suffered damage from fire in 1731
• Manuscript(s):  Cotton Vitellius A. xv (c. 975–1025 AD)
• First printed edition:  Thorkelin (1815)
• Genre:  Epic heroic writing
• Verse form:  Alliterative verse
• Length:  c. 3182 lines
• Subject:  The battles of Beowulf, the Geatish hero, in youth and old age
• Personages:  Beowulf, Hygelac, Hrothgar, Wealhtheow, Hrothulf, Æschere, Unferth, Grendel, Grendel's mother, Wiglaf, Hildeburh, Full list of characters.
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo