King Arthur (Core Classics)

By: Alice M. Hadfield

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Synopsis: The adventures of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table were first told at the firesides of the Celts, the people whose ancestors built Stonehenge, the ring of towering stones on England’s Salisbury Plain that makes a calendar of the sun and stars. From these ancient beginnings come the stories’ mythic echoes. Myths are traditional stories that people have passed on since the time when they did not have writing. Often they tell how the world began, or where animals come from, or they describe a Golden Age when men were better and happier than they are now and how it happened that things turned worse. Often they tell the adventures of heroes who overcome dangers we fear to face. They were one way to teach lessons, explain mysteries, and entertain as well.