Geoffrey of Monmouth
/ˌdʒefri əv ˈmɒnməθ/
/ˌdʒefri əv ˈmɑːnməθ/
- (c. 1100-54) a Welsh bishop and writer. He wrote Historia Regum Britanniae, a history of the kings of Britain before the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. It tells the stories of the kings in Shakespeare's plays, such as Lear and Cymbeline, but it is best known as the main source of all the legends about King Arthur.
蒙茅斯的杰弗里:(约1100-54年)威尔士主教兼作家。在盎格鲁撒克逊人到来之前,他曾撰写过不列颠国王的历史,《不列颠历史》。它讲述了莎士比亚戏剧中的国王的故事,例如李尔和辛伯林,但众所周知,它是有关亚瑟王的所有传说的主要来源。