The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table makes us think of an age of heroism and romance. For a thousand years, stories about them have been passed down from generation to generation, across Europe and the rest of the world. We even encounter them today in books, on television, and in the movies. In all these stories, King Arthur and his knights fight bravely for justice and truth. Of course, they always win.
The legendary King Arthur was known as the greatest king that over lived. His magnificent castle was called Camelot, and his wife, Guinevere, was the most beautiful woman in history. Arthur had a the greatest knights at his court. They were all equal and sat at a round table to show that no one had a higher tank than the other. The most famous knights were Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot. The knights did many good deeds and went on adventures. They saved young women in trouble and searched for a precious cup called the Holy Grail. They were all heros, although they had faults like all people do.
In the legend, Arthur is the perfect king. He has a wizard by the name of Merlin who helps him defeat his enemies. He also has flashing swords and wears a fine suit of shining armor. Arthur has two magic swords. At the beginning of his reign, he pulls one form a block of stone, proving that he is the true king. The other sword appears in the middle of a lake and has powers that make Arthur immortal. At the end of his reign, Arthur returns to the lake and disappears into the mist.
Are these stories true? Did King Arthur really exist? Was his wife, Guinevere, real? Did Camelot exist? How true to fact are some of these stories Historians don't know. For the last few hundred years, people thought that the legend about Arthur had been invented. However, historians have realized recently that Arthur really may have existed.
Most historians believe that he probably did. They think that he was a king or a great leader somewhere in Great Britain. Most believe that Arthur lived around the end of the fifth and beginning of the sixth century. They also believe that he led an army against the Saxons who invaded Britain a very long time ago, that he won this great battle, and that he was the character who inspired hundreds of stories.
The stories about Arthur may have some truths in them, but they also have a lot of exaggerations. It seems difficult to separate fact from fiction. Some people question how a man could win so many battles and sword fights without getting wounded or killed. And some of the things that Arthur's adviser Merlin says and does are too fantastic to be real. For example, he made predictions of strange and amazing thing that would happen in the future and many stories claim that he could change himself into different objects and animals. He could change into a boy or a deer, for example, and he could change the appearance of others and even make them invisible. However, there ate other parts of the stories we accept more easily, such as the magnificent castle of Camelot with its many towers.
There have been various theories about where Camelot was located and whether it even existed. In the late 1960s, historians dug at a site in southeastern England (Cadbury Castle)where Camelot could have been located, but they found nothing . Some historians say that big stone castles didn't exist in the time of Arthur Castles during his time were made of dirt and stone, and they were nothing like the castle described in the stories.
Still, the idea of Camelot as a wonderful, perfect place continues. In the 1960, there was a popular musical show called Camelot that said that life was perfect in Arthur's castle. Today in the English language, the word Camelot has come to mean an ideal place. It is often associated with President John E Kennedy's White House years, because his presidency started a new "golden age" of prosperity in the United States.
Most of the stories about King Arthur were written in the ninth century and later. The stories tell us about the people and values of these times. Most of them talk about a code of honor, or chivalry. King Arthur and his knights were all chivalrous. They respected others. A chivalrous person did not kill his enemy after the enemy surrendered. Arthur and his knights were expected show respect for the church and pity for the poor, as well as bravery and courtesy.
The most famous version of King Arthur's legend, a book called Morted'Arthur (Death of Arthur), was written by Sir Thomas Malory in the fifteenth century. In his work, Malory creates a story of extraordinary bravery and emphasize the triumph of good over evil. This work inspired kings all over Europe. King Henry VIII of England saw himself as the new Arthur reuniting the country after civil war, and even naming his eldest son Arthur.
King Arthur's popularity is ongoing. In 1986, it was estimated that 13,500 books articles, and reviews had been written about him. The success of recent movies and books shows that the popularity of the legend of King Arthur is still strong today. Why is this? The story of Arthur is an adventure story. There are sword fights and wars that make the story exciting. There is also romance, and the setting is far away and exotic. The themes in the stories are universal: the fight between good and evil, the conflict between love and duty. Another theme in the stories shows that although Arthur is a king, he makes mistakes and like all people, he is not perfect. He is, in fact, like us in many ways. Maybe it is this combination of greatness and humanness that had made King Arthur a popular figure around the world and throughout history.
國王亞瑟和圓桌的爵士的傳奇打我們想起一個英勇和浪漫的時代。
1，000 年以來，關於他們的故事已經世世代代流傳，穿過歐洲和世界其它地方。
我們甚至今天在書裡遇到他們，在電視上，和在電影裡。
在所有這些故事裡，國王亞瑟和他的爵士為公正和事實英勇戰鬥。
當然，他們總是贏。
那些傳奇國王亞瑟被稱為在那些最巨大的國王在上住。
他的壯麗的城堡被叫為卡米路，以及他的妻子，吉尼維爾，是在歷史上的最美麗的婦女。
亞瑟在他的法庭有一位最偉大的爵士。
他們全部是相等的並且坐在圓桌旁邊顯示與另一個相比較，沒有人有一個更高的油箱。
最著名的爵士是Gawain先生和藍斯洛特先生。
那些爵士做很多好行為並且繼續冒險。 他們救有麻煩的年輕的婦女並且尋找一個寶貴的稱為聖杯的杯子。
雖然他們象全部人一樣有錯誤，但是他們全部是英雄。
在傳奇裡，亞瑟是完美的國王。
他有一名名為幫助他戰勝他的敵人的莫林的術士。
他也有閃爍劍並且穿一好套擦亮盔甲。 亞瑟有兩把魔術劍。
在他的統治的開始，他拉一個形式一個大石塊，證明他是真正的國王。
其它劍出現下一個湖的中間並且有權力使亞瑟不朽。
在他的統治的末端，亞瑟返回這個湖並且消失進霧。
這些故事是真實的嗎？ 國王亞瑟真的存在了嗎？ 作他的妻子，吉尼維爾，真正嗎？ 卡米路存在了嗎？ 史學家不知道的一些這些故事是多么對事實真實啊。 最後很少百年以來，人們認為關於亞瑟的傳奇已經被發明。 不過，史學家最近已經意識到亞瑟真的可能存在。
大多數史學家相信他或許做。 他們認為他在英國在某處是一位國王或者一位領袖。 大多數相信亞瑟住在第5 的末端和6 世紀初周遭。 也的他們相信，以致於他反對侵入英國的那些撒克遜語領導軍隊一很久以前， 他贏得這次大的戰鬥，並且他是性格鼓舞數百個故事。
關於亞瑟的故事可能在他們裡有一些事實，但是他們也有許多誇張。 把事實與小說分開好像難。 一些人懷疑一個人怎樣能贏得那麼多戰鬥並且沒有變得受傷或者被殺死劍戰鬥。 並且亞瑟的顧問莫林說並且做的一些事情那麼奇妙不會是真實的。 例如， 他預言將來將發生的奇怪和驚人的事情，很多故事聲稱他能化為不同的物體和動物。 他能變成一個男孩或者一只鹿，例如， 並且他能改變其它人的外表並且甚至使他們看不見。 不過，那裡吃我們更容易接受的故事的其他部分，例如用它的很多塔的卡米路的壯麗的城堡。
有各種各樣的關於卡米路被放的地方的理論和是否它甚至存在。 在20世紀60年代後期，史學家在東南英國(卡德伯裡‧卡斯爾)諷刺一個場所 卡米路可能被放的地方，但是他們什麼也沒找到。 一些史學家說，大的石頭城堡沒存在在亞瑟‧卡斯爾的時候在他的時間期間由灰塵和石頭做成， 並且他們完全不象在層裡描述的城堡。
仍然，卡米路的想法一個令人驚嘆，完美的地方繼續。 在這1960個，有一部受歡迎的稱為說生命精通亞瑟的城堡的卡米路的音樂劇。 今天在英語裡，單字卡米路已經開始意味著一個理想的地方。 經常同總統交往約翰E甘迺迪白宮年，因為他的總統職位啟動一新" 黃金時代" 在美國的繁榮。
關於國王亞瑟的大多數故事在9 世紀和稍後被寫。 故事把這些時代的人們和價值告訴我們。 他們中大多數談論一條榮譽的代碼，或者騎士制度。 國王亞瑟和他的爵士全部騎士風度。 他們尊重其它人。 在敵人投降之後，一個騎士風度的人沒殺死他的敵人。 爵士被期望的亞瑟和他的對於窮人，以及英勇和禮貌對教堂和憐憫表示尊敬。
國王亞瑟的傳奇的最著名的版本，一本書叫Morted'Arthur(亞瑟的死) ,在15 世紀被托馬斯Malory先生寫。 在他的內工作，Malory創造故事的特別英勇並且強調這次勝利好越過邪惡。 遍及歐洲的這工作有靈感的國王。 英國的亨利國王VIII把他自己視為在內戰之後使國家重聚，並且甚至命名他的長子為亞瑟的新亞瑟。
國王亞瑟的聲望是進行中的。 在1986內，被估計 13，500本書文章，並且回顧被寫他。 新近的電影和書的成功顯示國王亞瑟的傳奇的流行今天仍然是強壯的。 這是為什麼？ 亞瑟的故事是一個冒險故事。 有劍戰鬥和做令人激動的故事的戰爭。 還有浪漫，並且底座是遠和奇特的。 在故事裡的主題普遍︰ 在好和壞，在愛和職責之間的衝突之間的戰鬥。 在故事裡的另一個主題顯示雖然亞瑟是一位國王，但是他犯錯誤，象全部人一樣，他完美。 實際上，象我們一樣在很多方面，他是。 或許這是已經使國王為亞瑟的巨大和人的這結合全世界和在整個歷史期間的一個受歡迎的人物。
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