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