Cathay PLANET DATA The legends and legacy of King Arthur 2017-09-01 - 亞瑟王的傳說與傳統 The legend of King Arthur in numbers 8 Number of books in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory, the root of all modern Arthurian stories. Thomas Malory的《亞瑟王之死》系列叢書共有八本,現代所有亞瑟王的故事都是來自這套叢書。 4 Number of limbs the Black Knight loses doing battle with King Arthur in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.在電影《勇奪聖杯》中,黑武士跟亞瑟王大戰時失去四肢。 10,000 Copies that Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Arthurian epic Idylls of the King sold when first published in 1859.桂冠詩人丁尼生在1859年首次出版描述亞瑟王的詩集《國王敘事詩》,甫推出即創下銷售10,000本的佳績。 The number of places, each bearing the name of one of King Arthur’s knights, on the replica Round Table in Winchester Castle’s Great Hall.溫徹斯特城堡的大廳內藏有亞瑟王圓桌的複製品,上面分成25份,分別寫上亞瑟王麾下武士的名字。25 This many horses were used to film the battle scenes in Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Guy Ritchie拍攝《神劍亞瑟王》的戰爭 場 面時,動用了 130匹馬。130 6 David Beckham appears onscreen for this many seconds in Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (new onboard this month). David Beckham在Guy Ritchie的《神劍亞瑟王》內現身六秒(該片為本月機上放映的新電影)。 830 AD公元The year that King Arthur, supposedly a sixth century AD British king, first appeared in written records: in Welsh monk Nennius’ History of the Britons.據說亞瑟王是第六世紀的英國國王,他的事蹟最早出現在威爾斯修士Nennius於這一年所著的《History of the Britons》。 Legends claim that King Arthur was conceived on the site of Tintagel Castle, in Cornwall, which attracts around 3,000 visitors a day in summer.傳說亞瑟王的母親在康和郡北部 Tintagel城堡受孕。這座城堡每逢夏季每天吸引約3,000名遊客前來參觀。3,000