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CHIRON MYTHICAL AGE : *?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
GREECE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
VOICE ONLY.<br />
INF C12 82-84 / DANTE<br />
Così non soglion far li piè d'i morti». The feet of dead men do not usually do so.<br />
E 'l mio buon duca, che già li er' al petto, And my good guide, who was by Chiron’s front<br />
part,<br />
dove le due nature son consorti, where the two natures join, replied:<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C12 85-87 / DANTE INF C12 85-87 / KLINE<br />
rispuose: «Ben è vivo, e sì soletto He is truly alive, and, alone,<br />
mostrar li mi convien la valle buia; I have to show him the dark valley.<br />
necessità 'l ci 'nduce, e non diletto. Necessity brings him here, and not desire.<br />
INF C12 88-90 / DANTE<br />
Tal si partì da cantare alleluia She, who gave me this new duty,<br />
che mi commise quest' officio novo: came from singing Alleluiahs:<br />
non è ladron, né io anima fuia. he is no thief: nor am I a wicked spirit.<br />
107<br />
INF C12 91-93 / DANTE<br />
Ma per quella virtù per cu' io movo But, by that virtue, by means of which I set<br />
li passi miei per sì selvaggia strada, my feet on so unsafe a path,<br />
danne un de' tuoi, a cui noi siamo a provo, lend us one of your people whom we can follow,<br />
INF C12 94-96 / DANTE<br />
e che ne mostri là dove si guada, so that he may show us where the ford is,<br />
e che porti costui in su la groppa, and carry this one over on his back,<br />
ché non è spirto che per l'aere vada». since he cannot fly as a spirit through the air.<br />
INF C12 97-99 / KLINE<br />
Chiron twisted to his right, and said to Nessus: Turn, and guide them, then, and if another crew meet you, keep them<br />
off.<br />
VIRGIL LOOKS IN A DIRECTION APPARENTLY POINTED OUT BY CHIRON. HE RAISES HIS ARM IN THANKS<br />
AND MOVES OFF WITH DANTE. THEY WALK, PERHAPS AFTER DESCENDING THE → R → , BESIDE THE<br />
STREAM.<br />
THE BLOODY STREAM<br />
♫INFERNAL: SOFT * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C12 96<br />
Not Miserable Mode because Dante describes the human action.<br />
DANTE WALKS ALONG THE STREAM, SPEAKING TO THE AUDIENCE.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C12 100-102 / DANTE INF C12 100-102 / KLINE<br />
Or ci movemmo con la scorta fida We moved onwards with our trustworthy guide,<br />
lungo la proda del bollor vermiglio, along Along the margin of the crimson boiling,<br />
dove i bolliti facieno alte strida. in which the boiled were shrieking loudly.
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