KING ARTHUR
The stroy of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table has been one of the most popular stories in world literature。 Writers have told of Arthur‘s brave deeds and the adventures of his knights for hundreds of years。
亞瑟王與圓桌騎士的故事早已響徹世界文學。幾百年來，眾多作家和詩人都曾從該故事系列中汲取靈感。
There probably was a real King Arthur， who led the British People in battles against the early 6th century， though historians know little about him。 The real King Arthur probably won some victories over the Anglo-Saxons， but he was not nearly as great as the King Arthur of the stories。 In the Middle Ages people loved to hear histories of great warriors told by storytellers passed on the earliest tales about Arthur and his knights as though they were knights of the Middle Ages， wearing the kind of armour that was worn by knights of the Middle Ages and following the set of rules of behaviour called chivalry。
雖然歷史學家對亞瑟王知道不多，但歷史上可能確有其人。亞瑟王可能曾在五世紀末和六世紀初率領不列顛人民反抗盎格魯撒克遜人的入侵，並取得過一些小規模的勝利，但絕不可能如亞瑟王故事中描述般神勇。中世紀的百姓樂於聽遊吟詩人講述勇士的歷險故事。而亞瑟王的故事就是透過這些遊吟詩人透過口述方式流傳至今。在他們的故事中，亞瑟王和他的騎士被描述成中世紀的人物，身披著中世紀鎧甲、講述中世紀的騎士道精神……
（瞭解全面的亞瑟王傳奇故事，可閱讀英國作家馬洛扎著作《亞瑟王之死》）
編譯：By Aslan，
Sep， 14， 2020