W.S. Merwin translated the fragmentary work in which he appears by using the text Chronicle of Twenty Kings to interpolate the lacunae describing his exploits.
This character fills two iron chests with sand to deceive a pair of Jews into thinking that they are chests of treasure. W.S. Merwin translated the fragmentary work in which he appears by using the text Chronicle of Twenty Kings to interpolate the lacunae describing his exploits. This character's children are married to two cowards that give them a severe beating after which they are tied to trees and left for dead. Those daughters married the counts of (*) Carrion, who are scared away by a lion that this man grabs by the mane. He delivers a speech at the Court of Toledo where he asks for his honor back from the king. He earns his nickname by reconquering Valencia from the Moors. For 10 points, name this Spanish soldier, the namesake of a Castilian epic poem.
This character fills two iron chests with sand to deceive a pair of Jews into thinking that they are chests of treasure.
El Cid or The Cid [or Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar]