# Grantorto — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Grantorto in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the great Grantorto

**First appearance:** 0075-canto-i

## Who they are

A giant tyrant who oppresses Irena, slain by Artegall.

## In the story

### [Book V: The Legend of Artegall, or of Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/book-v-the-legend-of-artegall-or-of-justice)

The strong tyrant who unjustly withholds Irena's heritage; his name means 'great wrong'.

### [Canto I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-i)

The strong tyrant who oppresses Irena and withholds her crown.

### [Canto XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-xii)

The tyrant who oppresses Irena. He is huge and monstrous, but is slain by Artegall in single combat.

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