Hwn yw y Gododdin. Aneirin ae cant. This is the Gododdin.
Aneirin sang it. He charged before three hundred of the finest,
He cut down both centre and wing, He excelled in the forefront
of the noblest host, He gave gifts of horses from the herd in
winter, He fed black ravens on the rampart of a fortress. Though
he was no Arthur, Among the powerful ones in battle, In the
front rank, Gwawrddur was a palisade. This is the earliest
reference to Arthur, as cited in the ancient epic poem Y
Gododdin. Composed around 600AD, the poem tells the story of a
great battle centred on the ancient kingdom of Gododdin, now
known as Edinburgh. Cardiff Council has loaned an early
manuscript copy of the poem to Edinburgh’s City Arts Centre,
where it will be one of the central exhibits of The Quest for
Camelot: The Arthurian Legend in Art, a major display of
Arthurian works from art collections around the world. Speaking
at the opening of the exhibition in Edinburgh, the Lord Mayor of
Cardiff, Councillor Russell Goodway, said he wa