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Hroðgar
As a part of my general overhaul of Beowulf-related articles, I have expanded this article from stub status into an article that seems rather complete. I have worked on it in tandem with the Halga article. I would be very grateful for opinions on the article.--Berig 09:46, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The research in general looks good, but I have a few problems with the structure. The several sections do not hang together well; they almost read as if several independent articles had been concatenated together. Also, how do we know that the Hroðgar of Beowulf is the same character as the Ro of the Chronicon Lethrense? Was there a scholar or philologist who first proposed this identification? -- llywrch 20:58, 25 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for great additions to the Beowulf section! The sections were written to enable them to be read independently of each other, so that the reader would not have to read the Widsith section in order to proceed with the Chronicon Lethrense section. It should not be a big problem, and it may be solved with a few introductory lines. As for the identity of Hroðgar with Hróar/Ro, I am not familiar with any scholars who question it. Their names being identical, being contemporary with the Swedish king Eadgils, being Scyldungs, having the same family relations and being Danish royalty are pretty strong arguments. AFAIK, their identity is a given and what is debated is the connection between the character Beowulf and Böðvarr Bjarki, which is much less obvious.--Berig 05:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * PS. I believe that the alignment is simply taken for granted. Whenever I check the role of Halga vs Hrothulf, Beowulf ressources say that Halga was the father, or probably the father of Hrothulf (see this google search of +halga and +hrothulf). However, this information never appears in Beowulf itself. It is simply taken from the Scandinavian sources, where Helgi (i.e. Halga) and Hrolf (i.e. Hrothulf) are always defined as father and son.--Berig 18:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, Ruhrfisch 15:22, 14 October 2006 (UTC)