L ' I N F E R N O

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