Gender of Argantes - Jerusalem Delivered.

Hi,

I am wondering what is the gender of Argantes in Tasso's Jerusalem Delievered. The translation I use (Fairfax) refers to them as a male ("Argantes and with him Clorinda stout") but an article I am reading on the poem refers to Argantes as a woman ("Another 'fierce Circassian' woman from Russia, visited the Crusades at Immaus, Syria...").

I can't find any other article that refers to Argantes as a woman, so I am a little confused by this peer-reviewed article would clearly misunderstand Tasso's work.