"Athough the manuscript which contains the epic of Beowulf was written about 1000 A.D., the poem itself was known and had been elaborated upon for centuries 由 minstrels who recited the heroic exploits of the son of Ecgtheow and nephew of Hygelac, King of the Geats, whose kingdom was what is now Southern Sweden."
- Introduction to Beowulf, Bullfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable.
The earliest surviving epic poem written in English, Beowulf was most likely "composed in the seventh 或者 eighth century, but being 更多 precise depends on where one believes the poem was composed. ...[A] contender, which...
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