Saxo Grammaticus

American  

[sak-soh gruh-mat-i-kuhs] / ˈsæk soʊ grəˈmæt ɪ kəs /

noun

1. c1150–1206?, Danish historian and poet.

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Saxo Grammaticus British  

/ ˈsæksəʊ ɡrəˈmætɪkəs /

noun

1. ?1150–?1220, Danish chronicler, noted for his Gesta Danorum, a history of Denmark down to 1185, written in Latin, which is partly historical and partly mythological, and contains the Hamlet (Amleth) legend

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Saxo Grammaticus

The form of this story in Beowulf agrees with that of Saxo Grammaticus in preserving the same kind of opposition as in the story of Alboin, only in this case there is a different solution.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker

An old story preserved for us by Saxo Grammaticus describes the visit of some Danish heroes to Guthmund, a giant who rules a delightful land beyond a certain river crossed by a golden bridge.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland

In the luxuriant beech-woods which surround the lake, Saxo Grammaticus, the first historian of Denmark, was wont to wander.

From Denmark by M. Pearson Thomson

There is very little resemblance in the conduct of this drama to Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, though both seem to have been drawn from the same source, the Danish history of Saxo Grammaticus.

From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson

The story of Hamlet is first found in Saxo Grammaticus, a Danish chronicler of the tenth century.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin