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Logres (also Logris or Loegria) is the name of King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain. It derives from the Welsh word ''Lloegr'', a name of uncertain origin meaning "England". In Arthurian contexts, "Logres" is often used to describe the Brittonic territory roughly corresponding to the borders of England before the area was taken by the Anglo-Saxons. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's influential pseudohistory ''Historia Regum Britanniae'', the realm was named after the legendary king Locrinus, the oldest son of Brutus of Troy. In his ''Historia'', Geoffrey uses the word "Loegria" to describe a province containing most of England excluding Cornwall, as in this example from section iv.20 (from the Penguin Classics translation by Lewis Thorpe): The name "Logres" is used in many works of modern fantasy set in Britain, for example C. S. Lewis's ''That Hideous Strength'' and Susan Cooper's ''Over Sea, Under Stone''. ==See also== * Albion * Prydain * Roger Lancelyn Green, King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Logres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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