Ganelon, and perished with all his
army, A.D. 778. His adventures are related in Turpin's _Chronique;_ in
the _Chanson de Roland_, attributed to Th['e]roulde. He is the hero of
Bojardo's epic, _Orlando Innamorato_; and of Ariosto's continuation
called _Orlando Furioso_ ("Orlando mad"). Robert Greene, in 1594,
produced a drama which he called _The History of Orlando_. Rhode's farce
of _Bombast[^e]s Furioso_ (1790) is a burlesque of Ariosto's _Orlando
Furioso_.

_Orlando's Ivory Horn_, Olifant, once the property of Alexander the
Great. Its bray could be heard for twenty miles.

_Orlando's Horse_, Brigliadoro ("golden bridal").

_Orlando's Sword_, Durinda'na or Durandana, which once belonged to
Hector, is "preserved at Rocamadour, in France; and his spear is still
shown in the cathedral of Pa'via, in Italy."

Orlando was of middling stature, broad-shouldered, crooked-legged,
brown-visaged, red-bearded, and had much hair on his body. He
talked but little, and had a very surly aspect, although he was
perfectly good-humored.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, II. i. 1 (1615).

_Orlando's Vulnerable Part._ Orlando was invulnerable except in the sole
of his foot, and even there nothing could wound him but the point of a
large pin; so that when Bernardo del Carpio assailed him at
Roncesvall[^e]s, he took him in his arms and squeezed him to death, in
imitation of Hercul[^e]s, who squeezed to death the giant Antae'us (3
_syl._).--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, II. ii. 13 (1615).

=Orlando Furioso=, a continuation of Bojardo's story, with the same hero.
Bojardo leaves Orlando in love with Angelica, whom he fetched from
Cathay and brought to Paris. Here, says Ariosto, Rinaldo falls in love
with her, and, to prevent mischief, the king placed the coquette under
the charge of Namus; but she contrived to escape her keeper, and fled to
the island of Eb[=u]da, where Rog[=e]ro found her exposed to a
sea-monster, and liberated her. In the mean time, Orlando went in search
of his lady, was decoyed into the enchanted castle of Atlant[^e]s, but was
liberated by Angelica, who again succeeded in effecting her escape to
Paris. Here she arrived just after a great battle between the Christians
and pagans, and, finding Med[=o]ra, a Moor, wounded, took care of him,
fell in love with him, and eloped with him to Cathay. When Orlando found
himself jilted, he was driven mad with jealousy and rage, or rather his
wits were taken from him fo