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Aneirin: Y Gododdin
A. O. H. Jarman

Number of quotes: 6


Book ID: 288 Page: 0

Section: 4B

Introduction

General

Y Gododdin is a poem of 1257 lines arranged in a hundred and three stanzas. In form it is an elegy, or a series of elegies, for individual members and sometimes groups of members of the tribe of Gododdin who fell at the battle of Catraeth, which is conjecturally dated c. 600

Quote ID: 7378

Time Periods: 67


Book ID: 288 Page: 0

Section: 4B

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

A close translation is given by K. H. Jackson in the The Gododdin: The Oldest Scottish Poem (Edinburgh, 1969; reprinted by Edinburgh Paperbacks, 1978).

Quote ID: 7382

Time Periods: 67


Book ID: 288 Page: 16

Section: 3A4C

Mayest thou attain the abode of heaven because thou didst not flee:

Quote ID: 7384

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 288 Page: 22

Section: 3A4C

Ceredig, lovable chieftain,

A ferocious fighter in battle,

….

May he be welcomed among the host

With the Trinity in full unity.

Quote ID: 7385

Time Periods: 7


Book ID: 288 Page: lviii

Section: 4B

Introduction

Literary Characteristics

We have seen how Aneirin’s contemporary Venantius Fortunatus, a bishop of the Gaulish church, was able to offer the father of two fallen warriors the non-Christian consolation that ‘to die for the sake of praise will be to live for ever’.

Pastor John’s note: Right!!

Quote ID: 7381

Time Periods: 67


Book ID: 288 Page: xxxvii

Section: 4B

Introduction

The Poem

Quite apart from the group from Gwynedd, many of the members of the war-band are depicted as men of substance, lords, even ‘kings’, in their own localities and their munificence as patrons is emphasized.

Quote ID: 7380

Time Periods: 67



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