Beowulf is a 3,182 line alliterative poem which was written in Old English and which has been translated in various ways many dozens of times in the past 200 years. The story is of a very brave and strong Geatish (Swedish) hero named Beowulf who travels to King Hrothgar's castle Heorot in Denmark and kills the ferocious monster Grendel by tearing Grendel's arm off with his bare hands. He ... [MORE]
