Arviragus (Legendary character)

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Name (Latin)
Arviragus (Legendary character)
Other forms of name
Arvirargus (Legendary character)
Cadwal (Legendary character)
See Also From tracing topical name
Legends Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q608841
Library of congress: sh2010013020
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Cymbeline at the Lyceum Theatre [graphic] 1896:ms. note on Folger copy (Arviragus, Mr. Gordon Craig)
  • Wikipedia, Aug. 10, 2010(Arvirargus, or Arviragus; a legendary, and possibly historical, British king of the 1st century AD)
  • Riverside Shakespeare, 1997:Index to the characters in the plays (Arviragus; Cymbeline)
  • Dict. of Shakespeare, viewed Sept. 7, 2010(In Cymbeline, Cadwal is the name Belarius gives to Arviragus)

Wikipedia description:

Arvirargus or Arviragus was a legendary British king of the 1st century AD, possibly based upon a real person. A shadowy historical Arviragus is known only from a cryptic reference in a satirical poem by Juvenal, in which a giant turbot presented to the Roman emperor Domitian (81–96 AD) is said to be an omen that "you will capture some king, or Arviragus will fall from his British chariot-pole".

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