Atlantes (sorcerer)

For other uses, see Atlantes (disambiguation).

Enchanted knights see the illusions of their loves in Atlantes's castle; an illustration by Gustave Doré to Orlando Furioso

Atlantes was a powerful sorcerer featured in chansons de geste. The sorcerer built a castle of iron in the Pyrenees to keep knights and ladies he had captured as a diversion for Ruggiero, a Saracen knight. Atlantes feared that Ruggiero would convert to Christianity and aid Charlemagne against the Saracens as he had foreseen through the use of the Book of Fates. In Orlando Furioso, Atlantes constructs a magical castle filled with illusions, in order to divert Ruggiero 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.

Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

Fictional Characters	Angelica Bradamante Brandimarte Ruggiero Angelica and Medoro Rodomonte Astolfo Atlantes Brunello Ferragut Sacripante Agolant Duke Aymon Ganelon Marfisa Maugris Melissa Naimon Oliver Pinabel Renaud de Montauban Zerbino Paladin Brigliadoro

Historical Figures	Roland Charlemagne

Source	Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo La Spagna Entrée d'Espagne

Films	Hearts and Armour (1983)

Opera	La liberazione di Ruggiero (1625) Il palazzo incantato (1642) Roland (1685) Bradamante (1707) Orlando furioso (1714) Orlando furioso (1727) Alcina (1728) Orlando (1733) Ariodante (1735) Les Paladins (1760) Roland (1778) Orlando paladino (1782) Ariodant (1799) Ginevra di Scozia (1801) Bombastes Furioso (1810)

Related	The Castle of Iron "The Song of Roland"

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Atlantes (sorcerer)

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