After killing a king who had shot his horse with a cannon, a character in this poem throws the cannon into the sea because it's a coward's weapon.
After killing a king who had shot his horse with a cannon, a character in this poem throws the cannon into the sea because it's a coward's weapon. In this poem, Melissa does everything she can to ensure that two lovers will marry, including foretelling all of the descendants they will have and rescuing one of them from a magical island where he has forgotten about his love thanks to the sorcery of (*) Alcina. A character in this poem drinks from a magic fountain which makes him fall in love with a woman, who unfortunately drinks from another magic fountain which makes her hate him. The hippogriff-riding knight Astolfo travels in Elijah's chariot to the Moon to restore the sanity of this poem's title character after he goes mad with love for Angelica. For 10 points, name this epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto.
After killing a king who had shot his horse with a cannon, a character in this poem throws the cannon into the sea because it's a coward's weapon.
Orlando Furioso 