Erec and Enide
Erec and Enide (French: Érec et Énide) is the first of Chrétien de Troyes' five romance poems, completed around 1170. It is one of three completed works by the author. Erec and Enide tells the story of the marriage of the titular characters, as well as the journey they go on to restore Erec's reputation as a knight after he remains inactive for too long. Consisting of about 7000 lines of Old French, the poem is one of the earliest known Arthurian romances in any language, predated only by the Welsh prose narrative Culhwch and Olwen.
| Erec and Enide | |
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The White Stag hunt in a medieval manuscript | |
| Original title | French: Érec et Énide |
| Author(s) | Chrétien de Troyes |
| Language | Old French |
| Date | c. 1170 |
| Genre | Chivalric romance |
| Verse form | Octosyllable rhyming couplets |
| Length | 6,598 lines |
| Subject | Arthurian legend |
| Personages | Erec, Enide, Yder |
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