▁by ▁Sid ney ' s ▁contempor aries : ▁as ▁John ▁H os kins ▁stated ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 9 , ▁" For ▁the ▁web , ▁as ▁it ▁were , ▁of ▁[ S id ney ' s ] ▁story , ▁he ▁followed ▁three : ▁Hel iod orus ▁in ▁Greek , ▁S ann az arius ' ▁Arc ad ia ▁in ▁Italian , ▁and ▁D iana ▁by ▁Mont em ay or ▁in ▁Spanish ." ▁ ▁Sid ney ▁in ▁particular ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁mode led ▁his ▁opening ▁scene ▁between ▁the ▁she ph erd s ▁Stre phon ▁and ▁K la ius ▁on ▁Mont em ay or ' s ▁Sir eno ▁and ▁Syl vano . ▁ ▁Miguel ▁de ▁C erv antes ▁mentions ▁the ▁D iana ▁with ▁both ▁appro val ▁and ▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁book - burn ing ▁episode ▁of ▁his ▁Don ▁Qu ix ote ▁( part ▁I , ▁chapter ▁ 6 ), ▁where ▁Qu ix ote ' s ▁friend ▁the ▁priest ▁decl ares ▁the ▁book ▁too ▁good ▁to ▁be ▁thrown ▁in ▁the ▁fire ▁like ▁the ▁rest : ▁▁ ▁And ▁opening ▁one , ▁[ the ▁priest ] ▁saw ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁D iana , ▁by ▁Jorge ▁de ▁Mont em ay or , ▁and ▁he ▁said , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁others ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁genre : ▁▁ ▁" Th ese ▁do ▁not ▁des erve ▁to ▁be ▁burn ed ▁like ▁the ▁rest , ▁because ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁and ▁will ▁not ▁cause ▁the ▁harm ▁that ▁books ▁of ▁ch ival ry ▁have , ▁for ▁they ▁are ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁understanding