The animal motifs on the helmet, as well as other artifacts found at Sutton Hoo, have led archaeologists to link the burial with the epic poem "Beowulf," an Old English tale that connects East ...

To discover the poem's secrets, I would have to do the research myself." The Old English title is complicated to translate as it involves playful references to Beowulf—the famous epic that Lewis ...

The heroic warrior Beowulf. The epic poem Beowulf, which survives in a single manuscript dating from around 1000 AD, and was almost completely unknown until its rediscovery in the 19th century ...

The events of the poem are set in Scandanavia. Hrothgar - King of the Danes - builds a mead hall called Heorot but comes under attack from a monster called Grendel. Beowulf, a prince of Geatland ...

New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough reviews a new TV version of Beowulf and how it compares to the poem she teaches. And the science writer and broadcaster, Marcus Chown ...