Atlantes (sorcerer)
Atlantes was a powerful
Saracens. To prevent this and forestall Rugiero's death, he constructs a magic garden ringed by glass on Mt. Carena in the Atlas Mountains, after which he is named.[1] In Orlando Furioso, Atlantes' magical castle is filled with illusions, in order to divert Ruggiero (Ariosto's spelling) from what he has foretold as certain doom. Ruggiero is later set free by Bradamante
and after numerous trials and quests sires a great line of heroes. He later dies betrayed fulfilling the destiny foretold by Atlantes.
See also
- Cantar de gesta
- Anglo-Norman literature
- Romance (heroic literature)
References
- ^ Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato, 2.3.27.
Sources
- Boiardo: Orlando innamorato ed. Giuseppe Anceschi (Garzanti,1978)
- Boiardo: Orlando innamorato translated by Charles Stanley Ross, (Parlor Press, 2004).
- Ariosto:Orlando Furioso, verse translation by ISBN 0-14-044310-X
- Ariosto: Orlando Furioso ed. Marcello Turchi (Garzanti, 1974)
- Ariosto: Orlando Furioso: A Selection ed. Pamela Waley (Manchester University Press, 1975)
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