_Orlando_ (in French ROLAND, _q.v._), one of the paladins of Charlemagne, whose nephew he was. Orlando was confiding and loyal, of great stature, and possessed unusual strength. He accompanied his uncle into Spain, but on his return was waylaid in the valley of Roncesvallês (in the Pyrenees) by the traitor 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 Théroulde. 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 _Bombastês 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 Roncesvallês, he took him in his arms and squeezed him to death, in imitation of Herculês, who squeezed to death the giant Antæ´us (3 _syl._).--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, II. ii. 13 (1615).