Editing Orcus (section)

===Ariosto===
An early example of an ''orco'' appears in [[Ludovico Ariosto]]'s ''[[Orlando Furioso]]'' (1516), as a bestial, blind, tusk-faced monster inspired by the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] of the ''[[Odyssey]]''.{{efn|The blind ''orco'' monster should not be confused with the other monster ''[[orca (sea monster)|orca]]'', a sea-monster which also appears in Ariosto and was later used as a genus-name for “[[killer whales]]” (''[[orca]]'').}}