Ercilla

[ er-thee-lyah, -see-yah ]

/ ɛrˈθi lyɑ, -ˈsi yɑ /

A·lon·so de

[ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/,1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.

Example sentences from the Web for ercilla

Raynouard observes, that Ercilla has taken Ariosto as his model, especially in the opening of his cantos.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 |Henry Hallam
But in Portugal there had arisen a poet, in comparison of whose glory that of Ercilla is as nothing.

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 |Henry Hallam
The poet Ercilla has made the name of the Araucanians so famous that it were improper now to change the appellation.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 |Robert Kerr
Ercilla represents him as very ardent in battle, sometimes fighting himself, sometimes urging on his soldiers, always in movement.

South America |W. H. Koebel

Ercilla has devoted the twenty-fourth canto of the Araucana to the splendid episode of the battle of Lepanto.

History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain |William H. Prescott