Cligès
Cligès , also Cligés (from Greek Γλυκύζ “sweet”), by Chrétien de Troyes is a verse tale of Arthurian epic , written around 1176 .
The narrative, comprising 6,784 verses, is Chrétien's second Arthurian novel and tells of the Byzantine Alixander, who is on the lookout for a bride and thus comes to Arthur's court. Here he falls in love with Gauvain's sister , Soredamors, whom he later marries and from whose connection the son Cligès emerges.
According to his own admission, the author conceived this novel as anti- Tristan , but it does not contain any traditional content on the Celtic Arthurian theme.
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Post-ancient Celtic reception. Praesens Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7069-0541-1 .
- Ingrid Kasten (Ed.): “Cligès” by Chrétien de Troyes. Based on the text by Wendelin Foerster . DeGruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-11-018854-6 .
- Helmut P. Schwake: The vocabulary of the "Cligès" by Chréttien de Troyes . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1979, ISBN 3-484-52054-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Nachantike Keltenrezeption. P. 189.