The Heroic Age

Achaeans Achilles adventures Aeolic Agamemnon ancient Anglo-Saxon appears authorities battle belonged Beow Beowulf Brynhildr Burgundian characters civilisation clearly connected course court Cypria Danish deal deities derived dialect doubt doubtless dragon Eadgils Eanmund earlier early Edda eighth century English Eormenric epic evidence explanation fact favour folk-tales German gods Goths Greece Greek Heroic Herodotus heroes Heroic Age heroic poems heroic poetry heroic stories Hesiod historical Högni Homeric Homeric poems Homeric poetry Hygelac Iliad incidents inscriptions Ionic king kingdoms Langobardi later Menelaos mentioned minstrels Mycenean mythical Nibelungenlied Norse Northern Odyssey Onela origin Othin passage perhaps period persons Phaeacians poets possessed princes probably Prof reference regarded represented Saga Scandinavian scarcely scholars seems Servian seventh century Shardina Sigurðr sixth century Teutonic Heroic Theodric traced tradition Trojan Troy Viking Age Völsunga Saga Waldhere warriors Weohstan Widsith καὶ τε