Ariosto
[ahr-ee-os-toh, -oh-stoh, ar-; Italian ah-ree-aws-taw]
- Lu·do·vi·co [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/, 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
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This was a woman to whom the normally acid-penned poet Ariosto wrote tributes.
Historical Examples
Angela had not read Ariosto, but Nanette had done so several times.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
Ariosto; but I cannot say I love him better than the others, for he is my only love.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
These are the men of whom Ariosto says: Their faith goes no higher than the roof.
The Civilisation of the Renaissance in ItalyJacob Burckhardt
Such were the Este whom Ariosto in his poem lauded to the skies.
Lucretia BorgiaFerdinand Gregorovius
Ariosto and Tasso were no more free from it than were Horace and Virgil.
Lucretia BorgiaFerdinand Gregorovius
Ariosto
- Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)
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