Ermanaric
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The limitation of the scenes in the poems of Beowulf, Ermanaric, and Attila throws out the figures in strong relief.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
Ermanaric and Gundahari, here called Eormanric and Guthhere, are renowned in the old Scandinavian poetry, and the old High German.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by W. P. (William Paton) Ker
But this early disappeared, and was superseded by the existing legend, in which, perhaps by an “epic fusion” with his father Theudemir, he was associated with Attila, and then by an easy transition with Ermanaric.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
In the poem of Ermenrichs Tod he is represented as slaying Ermanaric, as in fact Theodoric slew Odoacer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
The relations of Achilles to his surroundings in the Iliad, of Attila and Ermanaric to theirs, are freely conceived by the several poets, and are intelligible at once, without reference to anything outside the poems.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker
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