person
Dalibor of Kozojedy
Dalibor
also: der Ritter Dalibor
A Bohemian knight imprisoned in the tower in 1498 and later executed; legend says he learned the fiddle there out of longing, whence the saying 'need taught Dalibor to fiddle.'
Reading notes
- Early Poems §45 Dalibor
Dalibor of Kozojedy, a Bohemian knight imprisoned (c. 1498) in the Prague Castle tower since named Daliborka; legend says he learned the violin in his cell, so that 'necessity taught Dalibor to fiddle.'
- Two Stories of Prague §153 Dalibor
Dalibor of Kozojedy, a Bohemian knight imprisoned in the tower in 1498 and executed; legend has him learning the fiddle there out of longing.