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Irish story of Silvius
prose
A short Irish account of Silvius, son of Ascanius and father of Brutus of Troy. The text is indebted to the Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum known as Lebor Bretnach, which it quotes in places, but also adds material to it, such its opening passage on Vulcan the smith.
AeneasBrutus legendSilviusAscaniusLavinia
Lebor Bretnach
prose
Middle Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius
Middle IrishAdaptation
Scéla Alaxandair maic Pilip
prose
Middle Irish saga on the career and conquests of Alexander the Great, based on an account in Orosius’ Historiae adversus paganos, Alexander’s letter to Aristotle about India and the correspondences known as the Collatio cum Dindimo.
Middle IrishAlexander the GreatPhilip II of Macedon
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