Brutus, also called Brute of Troy, is a mythical British king. He is described as a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas, known in medieval...
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Brutus, after whom Britain is supposedly named, a tradition previously recorded in less elaborate form in the 9th century Historia Brittonum. Brutus is...
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up Brutus or brutus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brutus is a Latin surname, which usually refers to Marcus Junius Brutus (85–42 BC), one of the...
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English mythology (redirect from Mythology of England)
metrical romances which bear his name. Brutus of Troy, or Brute of Troy (dates to the 9th century: Legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas, known in...
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stories of Brutus of Troy, Coel Hen, Leir of Britain (King Lear), and Gogmagog. The legendary history of Britain was created partly to form a body of patriotic...
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Gogmagog (giant) (section Geoffrey of Monmouth)
companion of Brutus of Troy). Gogmagog was the last of the Giants found by Brutus and his men inhabiting the land of Albion. The effigies of Gogmagog and...
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Pandrasus several generations later, when they were liberated by Brutus of Troy. List of children of Priam The Golden Bough (mythology) Sophocles, Philoctetes...
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Logres (category Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Locrinus, the oldest son of Brutus of Troy. In his Historia, Geoffrey uses the word "Loegria" to describe a province containing most of England excluding Cornwall...
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Albion (category History of the British Isles)
of Britain") by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the exiled Brutus of Troy was told by the goddess Diana: Brutus! there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which...
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he was the eponymous founder of Leicester in England. Leir was said to have been the end of Brutus of Troy's male line of descent, siring three daughters:...
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