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Preserved in a single manuscript called Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, this epic begins with the word "Hwæt", often translated as listen |
Beowulf
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FJ |
LITERATURE |
2024-05-24 |
#9110 |
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In a later part of the epic named for him, this character becomes king after his cousin Heardred dies in battle |
Beowulf
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FJ |
LITERARY CHARACTERS |
2022-09-23 |
#8705 |
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Roughly 1,100 years after it was written, this Old English poem was first published in 1815--in Denmark |
Beowulf
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DJ |
LITERATURE |
2020-04-23 |
#8209 |
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In an epic poem, he not only kills the monster Grendel, but also Grendel's mother |
Beowulf
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$800 |
DJ |
A BIT OF LIT |
2019-06-27 |
#8024 |
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This hero is the son of Ecgtheow & the grandson of Hrethel |
Beowulf
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FJ |
LITERARY CHARACTERS |
2007-10-26 |
#5320 |
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Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title Geat |
Beowulf
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$2,000 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
2007-07-24 |
#5282 |
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He is survived by Wiglaf & his sword, Naegling. The Kingdom of Geats mourns after a dragon bite to his neck |
Beowulf
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$400 |
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LITERARY OBITS |
2007-03-30 |
#5200 |
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Northumbria in the "Age of Bede" or Mercia in Offa's reign are guesses as to where & when this work was created |
Beowulf
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FJ |
LITERATURE |
2006-09-25 |
#5066 |
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After slaying Grendel, the title character of this epic poem becomes king of the Geats & rules for 50 years |
Beowulf
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$200 |
DJ |
OLD & MIDDLE ENGLISH LIT |
2001-10-08 |
#3931 |
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Part of the action of this Old English poem takes place in Hrothgar's great hall Heorot |
Beowulf
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$300 |
J |
LITERARY EPICS |
1998-05-25 |
#3176 |
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He slew the half-man, half-brute monster, Grendel |
Beowulf
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$400 |
DJ |
LITERATURE |
1985-01-22 |
#97 |