"For in this tongue trist means sorrow and hum means man. And the reason his name was changed is that Tristram sounds nicer than Tristhum . . . He well deserved his name, for he was sad when he was awake, sad when he slept, and sad when he died."

I realized I haven't read Cligés, which is a lot of fun. There was a battle scene where Cligés's dad ( Read more... )