Related Clues:

• ''Ben-Hur'', for one
• Literary form
• "Beowulf," for one
• Large-scale story
• Milton's "Paradise Lost," for one
• Tale on an epic scale
• Like "Lawrence of Arabia"
• Like a saga
• Sword-and-sandal flick, e.g.
• "Gandhi" or "Cleopatra"
• Detailed narrative
• It can span centuries
• 'Beowulf', e.g.
• Adventurous tale
• Thousand-plus pager, e.g.