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Who wrote Beowulf?

  1. Homer

  2. Virgil

  3. Saxon Poet

  4. Aristotle

The correct answer is: Saxon Poet

Beowulf is a heroic poem of the Anglo-Saxon tradition, and it is generally believed that it was composed by an unknown author between the 8th and 11th centuries. Therefore, options A, B, and D, are not correct as these authors did not belong to the Anglo-Saxon tradition and their works were written in different time periods. Option C, Saxon Poet, is a better explanation as it refers to the appropriate time period and cultural context in which Beowulf was written.