Hirlas Owain
work by Owain
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discussed in biography
- In Owain Cyfeiliog
The poem Hirlas Owain (“The Drinking Horn of Owain”) is noteworthy for its dramatic presentation. It is set at court, where Owain’s warriors, weary from battle, are gathered at the banquet table. Each stanza begins with instructions to the cupbearer to pour a drink for a hero;…
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place in Welsh literature
- In Celtic literature: The Middle Ages
Cyfeiliog’s most famous work, the Hirlas Owain (“Owain’s Long Blue Drinking Horn”), celebrates a victorious raid; Hywel ab Owain’s departure from convention was more striking; for the first time in Welsh literature love of country and of beauty in the modern sense appeared: land and sea and women and the…
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