Hey guys, sorry I forgot to put this in yesterday...
Today in class we once again asked questions about Beowulf. At the start of class Mr. Lazarow compared the fight against the dragon in Beowulf to the fight against the dragon in the Hobbit. Afterwards, we talked about the history between the Swedes and the Geats:
The Geat king, Hreathel, dies,
The swedish king is named Ongentheow.
His sons, Othere and Onela invade the Geats.
The Swedes win the battle of Hresosnohill.
The new Geat king is Heathcyn, son of Hreathel.
The Geats capture Ongentheow's queen at the battle of Ravenswood.
In the same battle, Ongentheow counterattacks, rescues queen, and kills Heathcyn.
Hygelac, the younger brother of Heathcyn arrives with reinforcements.
Ongentheow is killed in the battle, and the Swedes lose.
Eanmund and Eadgils are the sons of Othere,
exiled by their uncle Onela (now the Swedish king).
Heardred (the Geat king, after Hygelac's death) gives them refuge.
Onela invades Geatland and kills Heardred.
Weohstan (the Swedish king's retainer) kills Eanmund.
Beowulf becomes king of the Geats.
Beowulf (the Geatish king) supports Eadgils when he invades the Swedes and kills Onela.
After the history of the Swedes and Geats we continued asking other questions of Beowulf.
Sorry again that I didn't post this yesterday...
Mickey Gill
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