Grendel was a male monster, slain by Beowulf in the Old English epic Beowulf.

在古英国史诗《贝奥武夫》中，格伦·德尔是一只雄性怪兽，最终被贝奥武夫杀死。

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The creation of English epic in Romantic Movement greatly enriched the types of poetry when lyrical poetry used to be the mainstream.

浪漫主义时期的英国史诗创作极大地丰富了除抒情诗以外的诗歌类型。

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But, hey, if they can extract leadership tips from a brute like Attila the Hun, why shouldn't the hero of the first English epic be fair game?

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The epic idea of the Oxford English Dictionary--to find every word in the English language--was typical of the Victorian era, a time when dazzling inventions and seemingly impossible projects were pursued.

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"Beowulf, " the original action-adventure yarn -- it's the oldest epic narrative verse written in the English language, dating back to the eighth century -- has been spiked with enough risque business and healthy splatterings of gore to make it unsuitable for kids (the rating is PG-13).

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