Théséus de Cologne En route vers la prose

Instead of considering the verse versions and transformations into prose of epic material as two distinct expressions or genres, I will examine a case here that could be called a mutation from one to the other, the Théséus de Cologne. By reading the emblematic episode of the golden eagle from the initial song in verse, we will see how it discreetly begins a transformation into prose under the influence of a copyist guided more by the content and his linguistic habits than by the form.