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Subject: Re: greek myths books
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 09:51:00 EST
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An earlier poster mentioned the Middle English poem Sir Orfeo and said that
it was written by the author of Gawain and the Green Knight.  The Gawain poet
did not write Sir Orfeo, although the poem is worth reading.

The story of Troilus and Cressida is not really a Greek myth, although the
it is set in the Trojan war.  It is a late medieval story that was first
told by Boccaccio, I think.  The high Middle Ages produced large numbers of
stories set in ancient Greece;  Alexander the Great was a favorite topic.
Most of these are not worth reading.

If you like Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, try reading Robert Henryson's
Testament of Cresseid.  The language is more difficult than Chaucer's, but
manageable if you have some experience with Middle English.

Warren Hapke
Gould CSD, Urbana office
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