Filipino

• Florante at Laura is an 1838 awit written by Tagalog poet Francisco Balagtas
• The story was dedicated to his former sweetheart María Asunción Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R." and Selya in Kay Selya ("For Celia")
• The story is loosely based on Balagtas' own biography
• He wrote the epic during his imprisonment in Manila in c. 1835 – c. 1836
• The epic has not gone out of publication since its initial release in 1838/1853
• The play adaptation of Florante at Laura is part of the Philippine high school curriculum
• An unedited reading performance of the Florante at Laura in North America was mounted by the Philippine Heritage Council of Manitoba on June 10, 2023, for Philippine Heritage Month celebrations in Canada
• Ang tatay ni Florante ay si Duke Briseo
• Ang nanay ni Florante ay si Prinsesa Floresca
• si Laura ang nagustuhan ni Florante
• si Aladin ay anak ni  Sultan Ali-Adab
• si Flerida ang lover ni Aladin
• King Lenceo is the father of Laura's and king of Albania
• • Sultan Ali-Adab is Aladin's father and sultan of Persia
• Count Adolfo is Florante's rival, and hates Florante
• si Count Sileno ay tatay ni Adolfo
• Florante as a baby

  1. Almost captured by a vulture

  2. Saved by his cousin Menalipo, an archer from Epirus
• Florante

  • Surpassed Adolfo's capabilities, talents, and intelligence in Astrology, Philosophy and Mathematics
  • Gained popularity
• During a school contest

  Adolfo attempts to kill Florante due to jealousy
• Florante's return to Albania

  1. Received ten carriages

  2. Accompanied by Menandro, with permission from Antenor
• Upon arrival to Albania

  An emissary of the kingdom of Crotona requested Albania's assistance in the upcoming war against the Persians
• In Albania

  Florante falls in love with Laura, the daughter of King Linceo
• Florante's fight against the Persians

  1. Fights against the Persian general Osmalik for five hours

  2. Slays Osmalik in the end

  3. Stays in Crotona for five months
• Returning to Albania

  Sees a Persian flag waving atop the kingdom
• Florante's actions in Albania

  1. Saves Laura from being beheaded

  2. Recaptures the palace

  3. Saves his father, the King, and Count Adolfo
• Florante Declared "Defender of Albania" for his bravery
• Florante protects Albania

  Protects the kingdom from the Turkish forces under General Miramolin
• Receiving a letter from King Linceo

  Requested to come back to Albania
• Florante's imprisonment

  1. Ambushed by 30,000 soldiers under Adolfo's orders

  2. Imprisoned for 18 days

  3. Learns his father and the king were beheaded by Adolfo

  4. Exiled to the forest and tied to a tree for two days
• Taludtod is a line or a stanza in poetry or music
• Menandro is a friend and confidant of Florante, and they first met while studying in Athens.