Here are some examples of famous epic poets and their works:
Ancient Greece:
* Homer: *The Iliad* and *The Odyssey*
* Hesiod: *Theogony* and *Works and Days*
Ancient Rome:
* Virgil: *The Aeneid*
* Ovid: *Metamorphoses*
Medieval Europe:
* Anonymous: *The Song of Roland* (French)
* Anonymous: *The Epic of Gilgamesh* (Mesopotamian)
* Anonymous: *Beowulf* (Anglo-Saxon)
* Dante Alighieri: *The Divine Comedy* (Italian)
Other Notable Epic Poets:
* John Milton: *Paradise Lost* (English)
* William Wordsworth: *The Prelude* (English)
* Lord Byron: *Don Juan* (English)
* Alexander Pushkin: *Eugene Onegin* (Russian)
* Rabindranath Tagore: *Gitanjali* (Bengali)
It's important to remember that:
* Epic poetry is a tradition, not a single author's creation.
* Many epics were originally passed down orally before being written down.
* The identity of the original creators of many epics is unknown.
So, while we can identify some of the most famous epic poets, the tradition of epic poetry itself is a product of many cultures and individuals throughout history.