Corineus
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In medieval British legend, Corineus was a prodigious warrior, a fighter of giants, and the eponymous founder of Cornwall.
Corineus (upper centre) sailing with Brutus to Gaul in a c. 1475 tapestry now in the Cathedral of the Savior of Zaragoza.
Brutus of Troy
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Brutus, also called Brute of Troy, is a mythical British king. He is described as a descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas and as the eponymous founder and first king of Britain. This legend first appea
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…courage and boldness"; his giant-fighting prowess is also described, and later reinforced by boasts of having killed "heaps" of Tyrrhenian giants. After Brutus, a descendant of the Trojan prince Aeneas, had been exiled from Italy and liberated the enslaved Trojans in Greece, he encountered Corineus and his…
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Brutus and Innogen leaving Greece in a c. 1475 tapestry now in the Cathedral of the Savior of Zaragoza
The Brutus Stone in Totnes