E.B LEIGHTON & KING ARTHUR

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND AND IT HAPPENS I'VE FOUND SOME WONDERFUL PAINTINGS ABOUT THIS TOPIC BY EDMUND BLAIR LEIGHTON, ONE OF MY PRE RAPHAELITES PAINTERS. HAVE A LOOK!



WHAT DO YOU THINK? DELIGHTFUL, AREN'T THEY?



ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR FIGURES OF THE ENGLISH LITERATURE IS PROBABLY KING ARTHUR, THE HERO WARRIOR. CLICK HERE AND LEARN ABOUT HIM AND HIS FANTASTIC STORY.

TRY TO IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERS AND PLACES IN THE VIDEO!!!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS EASY ACTIVITY? YOU ONLY HAVE TO MATCH.

A

1.Arthur's parents
2.Merlin
3.Arthur's foster
brother
4.A mysterious stone
5.A tournament
6.Arthur
7.Lady of the Lake
8.There is a royal palace
9.The knights of the Round
Table
10.The Holy Grail

B

a.in Camelot.
b.was Kay.
c.was a wizard.
d.were King Uther and Igraine.
e.gave Excalibur to Arthur.
f.was a religious cup.
g.were the bravest.
h.pulled the sword out and became king.
i.where the knights practised fighting.
j.with a sword with a message on it.

DID YOU KNOW THE AMERICAN WRITER MARK TWAIN WROTE IN 1889 A BOOK TITLED A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT?

"The novel explains the tale of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur..."(to know more ,go to wikipedia)

THERE ARE ALSO SOME FILMS ABOUT THIS CHARACTER. THIS IS A FUNNY ONE, BLACK KNIGHT.