Beowulf

“The powerful demon nursed a hard grievance. It harrowed him to hear the din of the loud banquet every day in the hall, the harp being struck and the clear song of a skilled poet telling with mastery of man's beginnings.”


Written ten centuries ago, Beowulf celebrates the character and exploits of a young nobleman of the Geats, a people of southern Sweden, who defends his lands from marauding monsters. It is considered a world classic and the foremost example of Epic Poetry.