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Il Novellino

Note 1 — LXXXI Here below it is told of the council which was held by the sons of King Priam of Troy

Edward Storer translation

The account is of course full of anachronisms and absurdities, such as the two thousand Greeks killed by Hector. It is based on the legend of Darete Frigio, it would seem, popularized in Italy by the Poet Guido delle Colonne, a Sicilian. See also the Roman de Troie. ↑

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