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Illustration of Persian King Xerxes I having the Hellespont River whipped for disobediently wrecking his pontoon bridge.
The first two lines of the Wikipedia entry for the mythological Astolfo, reading: "Astolfo (also Astolpho, Estous, and Estouls) is a fictional character in the Matter of France where he is one of Charlemagne's paladins. He is the son of Otto, the King of England"