E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Alifan’faron,
the giant. Don Quixote attacked a flock of sheep, which he declared to be the army of the giant Alifanfaron. Similarly Ajax, in a fit of madness, fell upon a flock of sheep, which he mistook for Grecian princes.
