Note 26 — Chapter II · THE PELASGIAN SYSTEM
Reading edition
Compare the weeping of Hrethel, when his eldest son was killed by his second son—and no vengeance was possible within the ‘family.’ Beowulf (2464), quoted by F. Seebohm, p. 63.
Reading edition
Compare the weeping of Hrethel, when his eldest son was killed by his second son—and no vengeance was possible within the ‘family.’ Beowulf (2464), quoted by F. Seebohm, p. 63.