Gedichten van Willem van Haren - Haren, Willem van 1710-1768; Vries, Jeronimo de 1776-1853 (Amsterdam Westerman, 1824)
Part 1: 'Gedichten van Willem van Haren (s.d., s.l.,s.n.): Introduction by Jeronimo De Vries 1822 -- Willem van Haren: 'Gevallen van Friso, koning der Gangariden en Prasiaten' (book 1 to 5).Part 2: 'Werken der Van Harens 1824: List of subscribers -- 'Gevallen van Friso' (Book 6 to 10) -- Schets en Denkbeeld door Den Heere Clement, Nopens dit werk opgegeeven (Uit het Fransch vertaald) -- poems on Willem Van Haren by Gerhardus Schroder, Voltaire, P.A. De Huybert & J.J. Mauricius
Friso, an epic poem by Willem Van Haren, was first published in 1641https://books.google.be/books?id=H1oTAAAAQAAJ
Friso is a boy's name, a latinisation of Fries. Possibly the name is linked to an early modern historiography that claimed Friesland was named after a legendary founder of the same name. The mythical Friso was the son of the Indian king Adel, a descendant of Shem, the son of Noah. Because of overpopulation, Friso and his brothers Saxo and Bruno led some of the people by ships to the Macedonia of Philippus, the father of Alexander the Great. Friso shared in the latter's victories, but then travelled on with brothers and people via the Strait of Gibraltar to present-day Holland. They built a temple to their god Stavo and Stavoren became Friso's residence. He was crowned around 320 BC and was Friesland's first king. He reigned for 68 years. His brother Saxo moved eastwards and became the ancestor of the Saxons, while Bruno became founder of Brunswick. Friso's grandson Gruno became the founder of Groningen.
However, this myth, compiled on the basis of fabricated chronicles and apocryphal stories, was rejected by the Frisian historian Ubbo Emmius as early as the 17th century and dismissed as a complete fabrication, and within modern historiography, this myth first published in 1590 by Suffridus Petrus is also considered nonsensical
Front matter contains pasted engravings with the portraits of Willem and his brother Onno Zwier van Haren by Philippus Velijn (1787-1836)
See 06M07 for part 3-4 of Dichterlijke Werken van Willem en Onno Zwier van Haren.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Poetry; Literature; Mythology; Netherlands; Friesland (Netherlands)