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NESSUS MYTHICAL AGE : *?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
GREECE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
VOICE ONLY. FIERCE SPEECH.<br />
NESSUS: A CENTAUR, SON OF IXION, KILLED BY HERCULES, WITH AN ARROW POISONED WITH THE HYDRA’S BLOOD, FOR HIS<br />
ATTEMPT TO STEAL & RAPE DEIANIRA. HE DIPPED HIS FATAL SHIRT IN HIS OWN, POISONED, BLOOD & GAVE IT AS A GIFT (A<br />
SUPPOSED LOVE CHARM) TO DEIANIRA, WHO THEREBY, UNWITTINGLY, BROUGHT ABOUT HERCULES’S DEATH.<br />
VIRGIL SHOUTS BACK.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 64-66 / DANTE INF C12 64-66 / KLINE<br />
Lo mio maestro disse: «La risposta My Master said: We will make our reply<br />
farem noi a Chirón costà di presso: to Chiron, who is there, nearby.<br />
mal fu la voglia tua sempre sì tosta». Sadly, your nature was always rash.<br />
CHIRON (KI-RON): WISE CENTAUR, SON OF SATURN & PHILYRA, TO WHOM APOLLO ENTRUSTED HIS SON AESCULAPIUS & WHO<br />
VARIOUSLY REARED JASON & ACHILLES.<br />
VIRGIL, STANDING NEARER THE CENTAURS, TOUCHES DANTE AND POINTS.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 67-69 / DANTE INF C12 67-69 / KLINE<br />
Poi mi tentò, e disse: «Quelli è Nesso, Then he touched me, and said: That is Nessus,<br />
who<br />
che morì per la bella Deianira, died because of his theft of the lovely Deianira,<br />
e fé di sé la vendetta elli stesso. and, for his blood, took vengeance, through his<br />
blood.<br />
106<br />
INF C12 70-72 / DANTE<br />
E quel di mezzo, ch'al petto si mira, He, in the centre, whose head is bowed to his chest,<br />
è il gran Chirón, il qual nodrì Achille; is the great Chiron, who nursed Achilles:<br />
quell' altro è Folo, che fu sì pien d'ira. the other is Pholus, who was so full of rage.<br />
PHOLUS: A CENTAUR WHO ENTERTAINED HERCULES & WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY ONE OF HIS ARROWS. HE WAS PRESENT<br />
AT THE BATTLE OF THE LAPITHS & CENTAURS.<br />
DANTE TAKES OUT HIS STYLUS AND DROPS IT. WHILE TRYING TO PICK IT UP HE KICKS IT AWAY.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 73-75 / DANTE INF C12 73-75 / KLINE<br />
Dintorno al fosso vanno a mille a mille, They race around the ditch, in thousands,<br />
saettando qual anima si svelle piercing with arrows any spirit that climbs further<br />
del sangue più che sua colpa sortille». from the blood than its guilt has condemned it to.<br />
INF C12 76-78 / KLINE<br />
We drew near the swift creatures. Chiron took an arrow, and pushed back his beard from his face with the notched<br />
flight.<br />
THE UNSEEN CENTAURS ARE NOW CLOSE.<br />
CHIRON (VOICE):<br />
INF C12 79-81 / DANTE INF C12 79-81 / KLINE<br />
Quando s'ebbe scoperta la gran bocca, When he had uncovered his huge mouth,<br />
disse a' compagni: «Siete voi accorti he said to his companions: Have you noticed<br />
che quel di retro move ciò ch'el tocca? that the one behind moves whatever he touches?