Yes, such as Dante Alighieri, Boccaccio and Ariosto.
是的,比如说但丁、伽丘和阿里奥斯托。
This is the Orlando Furioso by the great sixteenth-century Italian poet Ariosto.
即《疯狂的罗兰》,出自一位伟大的16世纪意大利诗人阿里奥斯托。
It's the ottava rima in which all of the great Italian romance epics by poets -- favorite poets of Milton's like Ariosto and Tasso -- had been written.