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Quotation from Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bulfinch
“The Siren of Ulysses is the prototype of the Siren of Orlando, and the character of Circe reappears in Alcina.”
Legends of Charlemagne, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4927)
Bulfinch notes how the romancers reused classical inventions, linking this book to his Age of Fable.
Citation: "The Siren of Ulysses is the prototype of the Siren of Orlando, and the character of Circe reappears in Alcina." — Thomas Bulfinch, Legends of Charlemagne, Author's Preface (Project Gutenberg #4927). (id bulfinch-legends-of-charlemagne-q2)
Portrait: ThomasBulfinch, Bulfinch, Public domain.
