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Ancient historical fiction?
(lemmy.ml)
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Modern genres don't really apply to ancient literature. Mythical, historical, symbolic and real are mixed and you're expected to be reading or listening to the literature from within the tradition which would give you the context for knowing which is which.
Beowulf is myth, but also history. It has references and genealogy to real figures, but it is embedded within a myth that records the meaning of that history. It's full of symbolic retelling of that history.