Llywarch Hen

Llywarch Hen (flourished 6th century) was the central figure in a cycle of poems composed in the 9th or 10th century in Powys (Wales). Set against the background of the struggle of the Welsh of the kingdom of Powys against the Anglo-Saxons of Mercia, the poems speak of heroic virtues, express laments for fallen heroes, and grieve for the misfortunes of old age and the transitoriness of earthly things. In these tales, prose may have...