L ' I N F E R N O

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I rejoined my guide: then in a few steps we came to where a causeway ran from the cliff. This we climbed very
easily, and, turning to the right on its jagged ridge, we moved away from that eternal round.
VIRGIL:
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Quando noi fummo là dov' el vaneggia When we reached the arch where it yawns
di sotto per dar passo a li sferzati, below to leave a path for the scourged,
lo duca disse: Attienti, e fa che feggia my guide said: Attienti…Wait, and let
INF C18 76-78 / DANTE
lo viso in te di quest' altri mal nati, the aspect of those other ill-born
ai quali ancor non vedesti la faccia spirits strike you, whose faces you have not yet
seen,
però che son con noi insieme andati». since they have been going in our direction.
INF C18 79-81 / KLINE
We viewed their company from the ancient bridge, travelling towards us on the other side, chased likewise by the
whip.
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E 'l buon maestro, sanza mia dimanda, Without my asking, the kind Master said to me:
mi disse: «Guarda quel grande che vene, Look at that great soul who comes,
e per dolor non par lagrime spanda: and seems not to shed tears of pain:
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quanto aspetto reale ancor ritene! what a royal aspect he still retains!
Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno That is Jason, who, by wisdom and courage,
li Colchi del monton privati féne. robbed the Colchians of the Golden Fleece.
JASON: THE ARGONAUT; SON OF AESON, WHO WAS SENT BY HIS UNCLE PELIAS, FROM IOLCHOS IN THESSALY, TO BRING BACK
THE GOLDEN FLEECE FROM COLCHIS. HE SAILED THE ARGO, THE FIRST SHIP, WITH THE ARGONAUTS, THE GREEK HEROES.
MEDEA THE WITCH, THE KING’S DAUGHTER, FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM & HELPED HIM BUT HE ABANDONED HER FOR CREUSA.
(OVID’S METAMORPHOSES 7 & 8.) HE ALSO ABANDONED HYPSIPYLE, DAUGHTER OF KING THOAS OF LEMNOS, WHOM SHE
HAD SAVED WHEN THE WOMEN OF THE ISLAND KILLED THE MALE INHABITANTS. (OVID: METAMORPHOSES 13 399.)
DANTE notes:
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Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno That is Jason, who, by wisdom and courage,
VIRGIL:
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Ello passò per l'isola di Lenno He sailed by the Isle of Lemnos,
poi che l'ardite femmine spietate after the bold merciless women there
tutti li maschi loro a morte dienno. had put all their males to death.
INF C18 91-93 / DANTE
Ivi con segni e con parole ornate There with gifts and sweet words he deceived
Isifile ingannò, la giovinetta the young Hypsipyle, who had saved
che prima avea tutte l'altre ingannate. her father by deceiving all the rest.
INF C18 94-96 / DANTE
Lasciolla quivi, gravida, soletta; He left her there, pregnant and lonely:
tal colpa a tal martiro lui condanna; such guilt condemns him to such torment:
e anche di Medea si fa vendetta. and revenge is also taken for his abandoning
Medea.
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Con lui sen va chi da tal parte inganna; With him go all who practise like deceit,
e questo basti de la prima valle and let this be enough for knowledge of the first
sapere e di color che 'n sé assanna». chasm., and those whom it swallows.
DANTE notes:
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Con lui sen va chi da tal parte inganna; With him go all who practise like deceit,
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