Epic poem · c. 1140–1207

The Lay of the Cid

Cantar de Mio Cid

by Anonymous (Poem of the Cid)

Translated by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon (1919)

The anonymous twelfth-century Castilian epic of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, in three cantares: his banishment, the marriage of his daughters, and the affront of Corpes.

Contents · 3 parts

• Cantar I: The Banishment of the Cidabout 1110 lines
• Cantar II: The Marriage of the Cid's Daughtersabout 1210 lines
• Cantar III: The Affront of Corpesabout 1530 lines

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