Syria

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: Syria participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "This pirate was of exceedingly great stature and of such great strength that no man could withstand the power of his limbs."

• attestation: Syria participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "On that rock the pirate made his dwelling place from the rock itself, which he hollowed out until he had a house large enough to lodge twenty men."

• attribution: Syria is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "In that dwelling he lived with his companions, of whom he had a great many;"

• attestation: Syria participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "but they could not all sleep inside the rock, for they numbered a good ninety, and at times they were a hundred or more;"

• attestation: Syria participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "so they slept outside the rock in their galleys, which were always ready for them."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "And at night, when it was very dark, they set great blazing torches on the rock, and those who came by, many a time — merchants or other people passing through — did not escape without peril, for many times it happened that ships crashed into it, and those pirates were ready to rush upon them in their galleys."

• attestation: A death event (slain) involving Syria is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "Thus when those in peril came toward them, they drowned on one side and on the other were slain where they thought they had reached safety."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Syria is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "For a long time in just this manner the pirate led his grievous life, until it came to pass that the great Pompée, who was then emperor of the Romains, crossed over the sea of Gresse and came to the land of Surie."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Syria is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "And when he had traveled through all the lands of the East and taken the garrisons of the fortresses all the way to Babilone, he heard the news of these robbers who were thus killing all other passersby, and then he said that all he had accomplished was nothing if he did not rid the land of this pirate."

• attestation: Military action involving Syria is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 340)

  "Straightaway he had the richest ship he could find outfitted, and had it provisioned with good supplies and bold knights and fine armor."