Cligès

Cligès

Author

Chrétien de Troyes

Language

Old French

Year

1176

Country

France

Genre

Poetry Collection

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Cligès is a poem by the medieval French poet Chrétien de Troyes, dating from around 1176. It is the second of his five Arthurian romances; Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, Lancelot and Perceval. The poem tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice.