Simon Mattacks
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2,981 appearances
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3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 13 Sep
Simon Mattacks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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His supper would not have been exalted, nor his table settings rich.
What's interesting about this movie scene is that it reinforced a modern perception that is perhaps widely held.
In short, many people today firmly believe the Holy Grail is a genuine lost artifact and that its story began in biblical times.
After all, how else could the character of Indiana use historical facts about Jesus to make the ultimate choice?
The truth of the grail, however, may be surprising to some.
Yes, the mythology of the Holy Grail is lengthy.
Certainly, it intersects with numerous other legends.
some of which have become accepted as valid parts of its history.
But in reality, there is little evidence at all that there is a particular surviving cup from the Last Supper.
Nor, in fact, do the few sources citing such an object agree that it was even shaped like a cup.
To unravel the true origins of the great legend we all take for granted today, it's most useful to go back in time to the Middle Ages.
For that is where the epic story of the Holy Grail truly emerged.
In the early 12th century, a French poet named Chrétien de Troyes penned some stories that would be among the most influential works of his time.
eventually hailed as major influences on the modern novel.
Building upon existing tales from England about King Arthur, he wrote his own versions of the famous hero's adventures.
In doing so, he created some of the most iconic aspects of the Arthur mythology.
Most important for our narrative was his final unfinished work, which was called Percival, The Story of the Grail.
Written in Old French, this poem was the tale to describe what would quickly become the very famous quest for the Grail.
And it may surprise you to know that the object in question was not even a cup.
It was a golden plate.
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