Which poets known before Milton were renowned for composing epic poetry?

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Virgil, Shakespeare, and SpenserHomer, Virgil, and SpenserChaucer, Shakespeare, and SpenserGilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden

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The poets Homer, Virgil, and Spenser were well-known for their epic works prior to Milton's time. Homer is famous for the Iliad and the Odyssey, Virgil for the Aeneid, and Spenser for The Faerie Queene.