“Dripping with my enemies blood, I drove five great giants into chains chased all of that race from the earth.” An epic hero is someone who possess qualities such as bravery, strength, and superhuman. Beowulf’s willingness and sacrifice of himself to save others is why I must really say he is and epic hero. Some people could be heroes but still not have it in them to want to slay dragons and fight monster, But that was no challenge for Beowulf.
Beowulf was known for defeating many people in his time. He has killed Grendel’s mother with her own weapon, and killing monsters so they’ll stop killing everybody else, and attempts to kill a big flaming dragon. Whenever you take on leadership roles you have to have an army. The way Beowulf's Geats