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Cligès is a poem by Chrétien de Troyes, and is the second of his five Arthurian Romances. It tells of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice. Because of the story's de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Iseult romances. The story in Cligès can be understood by dividing it into two parts. The first story consists of Cligès's father's adventures and the second story consists of Cligès's adventures.

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  • Cligès is a poem by Chrétien de Troyes, and is the second of his five Arthurian Romances. It tells of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice. Because of the story's de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Iseult romances. The story in Cligès can be understood by dividing it into two parts. The first story consists of Cligès's father's adventures and the second story consists of Cligès's adventures.
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  • Cligès is a poem by Chrétien de Troyes, and is the second of his five Arthurian Romances. It tells of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice. Because of the story's de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Iseult romances. The story in Cligès can be understood by dividing it into two parts. The first story consists of Cligès's father's adventures and the second story consists of Cligès's adventures. The story starts with Alexander, the son of the Greek emperor who comes to King Arthur's realm and marries and has a child with Arthur's niece. This child is Cligès, who is raised in Greece but follows his father's footsteps to Arthur's kingdom when he is old enough to be knighted. Alexander had inherited the throne of Greece when his father died but passes away himself a few years later, leaving Constantinople in the hands of his brother Alis, who is to rule the kingdom until Cligès matures. Cligès falls in love with his uncle Alis' wife, Fenice, but Fenice must pretend she is dead for them to consummate their love. They hide in a tower but are found by Bertrand, who tells Alis; Cligès goes to Arthur to ask for help in getting his kingdom back from his uncle, but Alis dies while he is away. Cligès and Fenice are free to marry.
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