In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the aid of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall (in Heorot) has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel’s mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland in Sweden and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants bury him in a tumulus, a burial mound, in Geatland.
John Lesslie Hall translated Beowulf in 1897 though the original author of the great work is unknown
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9783730989616 ● Dimensione 2.3 MB ● Casa editrice BookRix ● Pubblicato 2014 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 6743705 ● Protezione dalla copia senza