Gondolin
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In J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, Gondolin is a secret city of Elves in the First Age of Middle-earth, and the greatest of their cities in Beleriand. The story of the Fall of Gondolin tells of the arri
The fall of Turgon's Tower. Illustration by Tom Loback, 2007
Tolkien's fire-serpents are paralleled by Virgil's great serpents that kill the Trojan priest Laocoön and His Sons in the fall of Troy.
Maeglin's failed attempt to throw Eärendil from the city walls contrasts with Euripides' account of the throwing of the young Astyanax from the walls of Troy.
"Beasts like snakes and dragons of irresistible might": a British Mark I tank near Thiepval where Tolkien fought on the Somme in September 1916
The Fall of Gondolin
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The Fall of Gondolin is a 2018 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy story about Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by his son Christopher. The story is one of three "Great Tales" set
Gondolin
…legendarium, Gondolin is a secret city of Elves in the First Age of Middle-earth, and the greatest of their cities in Beleriand. The story of the Fall of Gondolin tells of the arrival there of Tuor, a prince of Men; of the betrayal of the city to the Dark Lord Morgoth by the king's nephew, Maeglin; and of its…
Gothmog, High Captain of Angband, at the storming of Gondolin. Illustration by Tom Loback