# Ariodantes — Orlando Furioso character guide

> Ariodantes in Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The valiant Ariodantes

**First appearance:** 0003-canto-i

## Who they are

A knight in love with Geneura.

## In the story

### [Canto V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-v)

Ariodantes is the knight loved by Geneura; his supposed death (due to Polinesso's plot) leads Lurcanio to accuse Geneura.

### [Canto VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orlando_furioso_se/chapters/canto-vi)

Reveals himself alive, defeats his brother Lurcanio in combat, and is granted Geneura's hand and Albany's duchy.

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