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Clorinda or Clorinde may refer to:
People:
- Clorinda Corradi (1804–1877), noted Italian opera contralto
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1852–1909), Peruvian writer
In the arts:
- Clorinda (Jerusalem Delivered), a character in the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso, often depicted in art and music
- Clorinda, a character in the opera La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
- Clorinda, a main character in Il signor Fagotto, a one-act opérette by Jacques Offenbach
- Clorinda, one of the protagonists in Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, an operatic scena based on Tasso
- Clorinda, the predecessor of Maid Marian as Robin Hood's love interest
- A portrait painting by Thomas Douglas Guest
Vessels:
- French frigate Clorinde (1801), a 44-gun Uranie class frigate of the French Navy
- French frigate Clorinde (1808), a 40-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy
Other uses:
- Clorinda (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus
- Clorinda, Formosa, a city in Argentina
- 282 Clorinde, an asteroid
Clorinda is a character from Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme liberata. She is a warrior woman of the Saracen army.
First introduced in the second canto of the poem, when she rescues Sofronia and Olindo, two Christian lovers of Jerusalem, from death. She is next discovered under the command of the King of Jerusalem, Aladine, aiding that city's defences, together with the bold knight Argantes. Tancred saw her on the field and fell in love with her, thus refusing to do battle with her. Because of this, a lessor champion was sent out from the Christian hosts, and Clorinda slew him. Erminia, her companion, being herself enamoured of Tancred, then escaped Jerusalem in the guise of Clorinda, purposing to enter the Christian camp, but being surprised by a party of knights without, she fled and was lost in the forests.
Category:Torquato Tasso characters