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INF C14 46-48 / DANTE<br />
chi è quel grande che non par che curi who is that great spirit, who seems indifferent to<br />
lo 'ncendio e giace dispettoso e torto, the fire, and lies there, scornful, contorted, so<br />
that<br />
sì che la pioggia non par che 'l marturi?». the rain does not seem to deepen his repentance?<br />
THE SPIRIT HAS HEARD DANTE [INF C14 49-51].<br />
CAPANEUS:<br />
INF C14 49-51 / DANTE INF C14 49-51 / KLINE<br />
E quel medesmo, che si fu accorto And he himself, noting that I asked<br />
ch'io domandava il mio duca di lui, my guide about him, cried: What I was<br />
gridò: «Qual io fui vivo, tal son morto. when I was living, I am now I am dead.<br />
CAPANEUS MYTHICAL AGE : *-- ?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
GREECE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
*<br />
CAPANEUS: AN ARGIVE CHIEF IN THE WAR OF THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES WHO SCALED THE WALL & WAS STRUCK DOWN BY<br />
JUPITER’S LIGHTNING BOLT. HE WAS A SYMBOL OF PRIDE. (AESCHYLUS: SEVEN AGAINST THEBES)<br />
118<br />
CAPANEUS:<br />
INF C14 52-54 / DANTE INF C14 52-54 / KLINE<br />
Se Giove stanchi 'l suo fabbro da cui Though Jupiter exhausts Vulcan, his blacksmith,<br />
crucciato prese la folgore aguta from whom he took, in anger, the fierce lightning<br />
onde l'ultimo dì percosso fui; bolt, that I was struck down with on my last day,<br />
INF C14 55-57 / DANTE<br />
o s'elli stanchi li altri a muta a muta and though he exhausts the others, the Cyclopes,<br />
in Mongibello a la focina negra, one by one, at the black forge of Aetna, shouting:<br />
chiamando ``Buon Vulcano, aiuta, aiuta!", “Help, help, good Vulcan”,<br />
CYCLOPES: A FABULOUS RACE OF GIANTS ON THE COAST OF SICILY, WITH ONE EYE IN THE CENTRE OF THEIR FOREHEADS.<br />
THEY FORGED JUPITER’S LIGHTNING BOLTS IN THE FIRES OF MOUNT AETNA ON SICILY.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C14 57 / DANTE INF C14 57 / KLINE<br />
chiamando "Buon Vulcano, aiuta, aiuta!", “Help, help, good Vulcan”,<br />
CAPANEUS:<br />
INF C14 58-60 / DANTE INF C14 58-60 / KLINE<br />
sì com' el fece a la pugna di Flegra, just as he did at the battle of Phlegra, between the<br />
e me saetti con tutta sua forza: gods and giants, and hurls his bolts at me with all<br />
non ne potrebbe aver vendetta allegra». his strength, he shall still not enjoy a true revenge.’<br />
VIRGIL SPEAKS WITH UNWONTED FORCEFULNESS.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C14 61-63 / DANTE INF C14 61-63 / KLINE<br />
Allora il duca mio parlò di forza Then my guide spoke, with a force<br />
tanto, ch'i' non l'avea sì forte udito: I had not heard before: O Capaneus,<br />
«O Capaneo, in ciò che non s'ammorza you are punished more in that<br />
INF C14 64-66 / DANTE<br />
la tua superbia, se' tu più punito; your pride is not quenched:<br />
nullo martiro, fuor che la tua rabbia, no torment would produce pain fitting<br />
sarebbe al tuo furor dolor compito». for your fury, except your own raving.<br />
VIRGIL SPEAKS MORE GENTLY TO DANTE.