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Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn mab Brochuael
Incoming data
Alliterative poem addressed to Cynan Garwyn, king of Powys (second half of the 6th century). It alludes to a number of his victories, on the River Wye, against the men of Gwent, on Anglesey, and in Dyfed, Brycheiniog and Cornwall.
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Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] [tr.] Isaac, Graham R. [ed. and tr.], “Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn mab Brochuael: a tenth-century political poem”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 51 (1999): 173–185.
Secondary sources (select)
Thornton, David E., “Cynan Garwyn (fl. c.550–c.600)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51393>.
