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Hrothgar (hrôthPgärQ), king of the Danes, has built a wonderful mead hall called Herot (hDrQEt), where his subjects congregate and make merry. As this selection opens, a fierce and powerful monster named Grendel invades the mead hall, bringing death and destruction. grendel.
For twelve years he persecutes Hrothgar and his vassals. Over sea, a day’s voyage off, Beowulf, of the Geats, nephew of Higelac, king of the Geats, hears of Grendel’s doings and of Hrothgar’s misery. He resolves to crush the fell monster and relieve the aged king.
Sleeping from feasting, dead to woe And human sorrow; the cursed beast Grim and greedy, ruthless, and ripe For savagery, had soon snatched Thirty thanes from their slumber, Then returned, sated with spoils, With a feast of flesh, to seek his lair. There, in half-light, before the dawn, Grendel’s craftiness was revealed;
A list of all the characters in Beowulf. Beowulf characters include: Beowulf, Grendel, Hrothgar, Unferth, Wiglaf, Grendel’s Mother, The Dragon.
Beowulf, Op. 25, performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony Chorale (Delos International, 1991). The 19-minute piece captures the Geats’ outpouring of grief over Beowulf’s death. A libretto accompanies the CD. To heighten students’ sense of the aural texture of Beowulf, suggest that they listen to read-
13 Σεπ 2017 · The epic tells the story of Beowulf (his name may mean "bear"), a Geat from Sweden who crosses the sea to Denmark in a quest to rescue King Hrothgar from the demonic monster Grendel.
He was to Hrothgar the dearest of heroes, in the number of his comrades by the two seas, a powerful shield-warrior, whom she killed as he slumbered, a youth of renown. Beowulf was not there. To another the place was assigned after the treasure-gift had been bestowed on the famous Geat.
