We do not know the date of birth of Aneurin, we only know the date of his death which occurred in 578; he is therefore a Bard of the 6th century. His father is given as Caw-al-Geraint, chief of the Gododins, that is to say inhabitants of a region near the forests.
Aneurin the Bard
Having escaped death following the Battle of Cattracth, he took refuge in King Arthur's Court in South Wales, where he befriended Taliésin. Aneurin left us only one poem, the Gododins, which has no less than 900 rhymed lines, but of irregular length, and this set forms only a part, a fragment of the poem dedicated to the memory of the warriors , who succumbed to the Battle of Cattracth, defeated by the Saxons, in which battle 359 chiefs perished.
Only four could escape death and Aneurin was one of the four; but he was taken prisoner after the battle. It was during his captivity that he composed his poem, as he is careful to teach us himself:
“In this underground house, despite the iron chain that binds my knees, isn't my song of the Gododins more beautiful than the Aurora? »
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