Epic and Saga : Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel, The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs : With Introductions and Notes

446 Pages·1910·7.081 MB·English

by  Charles W. Eliot

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THE HARVARD CLASSICS
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THE HARVARD CLASSICS
EDITED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.
Epic and Saga
Beowulf
The Song of Roland
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
The Story of the Volsungs
and Niblungs
W/VA Introductions and Notes
Volume 49
&
P. F. Collier Son Corporation
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1910
Byp.F.Collier&Son
'Beowulf"ispublishedbyspecialarrangementwith
ProfessorFrancis B.Gummere
Copyright, 1909
ByTheMacmillanCompany
manufacturedinu.s.a.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Beowulf 5
translated by francis b. gummere
TheSong of Roland
Part I The Treason of Ganelon 95
Part II The Prelude of the Great Battle 127
Part III ^The Reprisals 174
translated by JOHN o'hAGAN
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel 199
translated by WHITLEY STOKES, D.C.L.
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs 249
Translator's Preface 250
The Names of Those Who are Most Noteworthy in This
Story 253
A Prologue in Verse 255
translated by EIRIKR MAGNUSSON AND WILLIAM MORRIS
Songs from theElderEdda
....
Part of the Second Lay of Helgi Hunding's-bane 361
Part of the Lay of Sigrdrifa 368
The Lay Called the Short Lay of Sigurd 371
The Hell-Ride of Brynhild 387
Fragments of the Lay of Brynhild > 39^
The Second or Ancient Lay of Gudrun 396
The Song of Atli 407
The Whetting of Gudrun 418
The Lay of Hamdir 424
The Lament of Oddrun 431
translated by EIRIKR MAGNUSSON AND WILLIAM MORRIS