Chapter 5 of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis analyzes a council at which this man asks to be handed a bow, and compares him to Saint Alexis. In one work in which he appears, this character unsuccessfully tries to break his sword against some rocks. After learning of his death, this character's betrothed Aude falls dead at the feet of her king. In another poem, he realizes that his beloved has left him for Medoro and is then struck with a "horrendous madness." This character is betrayed by his stepfathe
Chapter 5 of Erich Auerbach's Mimesis analyzes a council at which this man asks to be handed a bow, and compares him to Saint Alexis. In one work in which he appears, this character unsuccessfully tries to break his sword against some rocks. After learning of his death, this character's betrothed Aude falls dead at the feet of her king. In another poem, he realizes that his beloved has left him for Medoro and is then struck with a "horrendous madness." This character is betrayed by his stepfather Ganelon, and his death results from his initial refusal to blow a horn in order to alert the retreating Frankish army. For 10 points, name this wielder of the sword Durendal who appears in a Renaissance epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto and an eleventh-century French epic called his "song."