E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Alci’na.
The personification of carnal pleasure in Orlando Furioso; the Circ of classic fable, and Lab of the Arabians. She enjoyed her lovers for a time, and then changed them into trees, stones, fountains, or beasts, as her fancy dictated.
of classic fable, and Lab
us).
