We don’t know much about Abrioris, other than the fact that he was a Knight of the Round Table.
He joined the Round Table when Percival visited him in his castle, slew a bunch of lions that Abrioris had at the ready for some reason, and then defeated him in combat. I guess having the stuffing knocked out of you by a Knight of the Round Table is good incentive to join the same group.
Abrioris first appeared in the Second Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval, which is attributed to Gauchier of Donaing.
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Arthurian Bibliography
- Norris Lacy, Geoffrey Ashe, Debra Mancoff – The Arthurian Handbook (Second Edition)
- Alan Lupack – The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend
- Ronan Coghlan – The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends
- Anonymous – Lancelot-Grail, the French Vulgate
- Sir Thomas Malory – Le Morte d’Arthur
See also my ever-expanding list of primary and secondary sources.
