Saxo Grammaticus

[ sak-soh gruh-mat-i-kuhs ]

noun

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

Saxo Grammaticus

/ ˈsæksəʊ ɡrəˈmætɪkəs /

noun

1. Saxo Grammaticus?1150?1220MDanishHISTORY: chronicler ?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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In the luxuriant beech-woods which surround the lake, Saxo Grammaticus, the first historian of Denmark, was wont to wander.

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A study of this subject would be incomplete without some reference to the mythology of Saxo Grammaticus.

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Saxo Grammaticus, another old cosmographer, also mentions this tree.

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He published an excellent translation of Saxo Grammaticus in 1575.

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Saxo Grammaticus, ecclesiastic as he was, has left us several accounts of cremations.

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