Heroic accounts (5)
I believe the answer is:
epics
'heroic accounts' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for epics that I've seen before include "Long narrative poems telling of deeds of heroes" , "Long tales of heroic deeds" , "Long poems about great events" , "Spice up with adventurous poems or stories" .)