亚瑟王的故事 双语民间故事

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（1）King Arthur
The story 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.
There probably was a real King Arthur, who led the British People in battles against the Anglo-Saxon invaders in the late 5th century and 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 stories of great warriors told by storytellers who travelled around. These storytellers passed on the earliest tales about Arthur by word of mouth. They told the stories of Authur 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.
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（1）亚瑟王的故事
　　亚瑟王与圆桌骑士的故事在世界文学中名气很大。几百年来，很多作家和诗人都曾从这个故事系列中汲取题材。
　　亚瑟王可能确有其人，虽然历史学家对他知之不多。他曾在五世纪末和六世纪初率领不列颠人反抗盎格鲁克逊人的入侵，取得过一些小规模的胜利，但决不可能像亚瑟王故事中所描写的那样了不起。中世纪的老百姓喜欢听游呤诗人讲武士的历险故事。亚瑟王的故事就是通过这些游呤诗人的口述流传下来的。在这些故事里，亚瑟王和他的骑士们被描述成了中世纪的人物，身披中世纪武士的铠甲、讲求中世纪的骑士道.
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题外话：亚瑟王传奇是中世纪西欧传奇三大系统中最主要的一个，其他两个系统是法兰西和古代系统。法兰西系统写查理大帝和他的骑士；古代系统指亚历山大的事迹以及特洛伊战争故事片段。若想全面了解亚瑟王传奇，可读十五世纪后半叶英国人马洛礼写的《亚瑟王之死》。