Faithful to what exactly?
Well, that’s the question. It’s not something Snyder goes into in what was only a throwaway comment in an interview. The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold many times over the centuries, from medieval historians and poets to Mark Twain and Monty Python. (Our favourite is John Boorman’s 1981 version, Excalibur, by the way).
Scholars debate whether Arthur existed at all. There is scant historical evidence. Those who think he did mostly follow the line that he was a leader of Britons fighting the Anglo-Saxons. Oh, and possibly Welsh.
Welsh? Wasn’t Camelot in Falkirk?