Answers:
Drama and epic poetry.
Step-by-step explanation:
Drama was an ancient Greek invention of the 6th century BCE. Drama can be either a tragedy or a comedy and they are supposed to be represented on stage.
Epic poetry, like Homer´s Iliad, is a form of story-telling that recounts certain supposed historical facts through the aid of a hero´s adventures and struggles with fate and, often, with gods. It is a very extended narration.
They are both antecedents of the novel.