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INF C18 67-72 / KLINE<br />
I rejoined my guide: then in a few steps we came to where a causeway ran from the cliff. This we climbed very<br />
easily, and, turning to the right on its jagged ridge, we moved away from that eternal round.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C18 73-75 / DANTE INF C18 73-75 / KLINE<br />
Quando noi fummo là dov' el vaneggia When we reached the arch where it yawns<br />
di sotto per dar passo a li sferzati, below to leave a path for the scourged,<br />
lo duca disse: Attienti, e fa che feggia my guide said: Attienti…Wait, and let<br />
INF C18 76-78 / DANTE<br />
lo viso in te di quest' altri mal nati, the aspect of those other ill-born<br />
ai quali ancor non vedesti la faccia spirits strike you, whose faces you have not yet<br />
seen,<br />
però che son con noi insieme andati». since they have been going in our direction.<br />
INF C18 79-81 / KLINE<br />
We viewed their company from the ancient bridge, travelling towards us on the other side, chased likewise by the<br />
whip.<br />
INF C18 82-84 / DANTE<br />
E 'l buon maestro, sanza mia dimanda, Without my asking, the kind Master said to me:<br />
mi disse: «Guarda quel grande che vene, Look at that great soul who comes,<br />
e per dolor non par lagrime spanda: and seems not to shed tears of pain:<br />
INF C18 85-87 / DANTE<br />
quanto aspetto reale ancor ritene! what a royal aspect he still retains!<br />
Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno That is Jason, who, by wisdom and courage,<br />
li Colchi del monton privati féne. robbed the Colchians of the Golden Fleece.<br />
JASON: THE ARGONAUT; SON OF AESON, WHO WAS SENT BY HIS UNCLE PELIAS, FROM IOLCHOS IN THESSALY, TO BRING BACK<br />
THE GOLDEN FLEECE FROM COLCHIS. HE SAILED THE ARGO, THE FIRST SHIP, WITH THE ARGONAUTS, THE GREEK HEROES.<br />
MEDEA THE WITCH, THE KING’S DAUGHTER, FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM & HELPED HIM BUT HE ABANDONED HER FOR CREUSA.<br />
(OVID’S METAMORPHOSES 7 & 8.) HE ALSO ABANDONED HYPSIPYLE, DAUGHTER OF KING THOAS OF LEMNOS, WHOM SHE<br />
HAD SAVED WHEN THE WOMEN OF THE ISLAND KILLED THE MALE INHABITANTS. (OVID: METAMORPHOSES 13 399.)<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C18 86 / DANTE INF C18 86 / KLINE<br />
Quelli è Iasón, che per cuore e per senno That is Jason, who, by wisdom and courage,<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C18 88-90 / DANTE INF C18 88-90 / KLINE<br />
Ello passò per l'isola di Lenno He sailed by the Isle of Lemnos,<br />
poi che l'ardite femmine spietate after the bold merciless women there<br />
tutti li maschi loro a morte dienno. had put all their males to death.<br />
INF C18 91-93 / DANTE<br />
Ivi con segni e con parole ornate There with gifts and sweet words he deceived<br />
Isifile ingannò, la giovinetta the young Hypsipyle, who had saved<br />
che prima avea tutte l'altre ingannate. her father by deceiving all the rest.<br />
INF C18 94-96 / DANTE<br />
Lasciolla quivi, gravida, soletta; He left her there, pregnant and lonely:<br />
tal colpa a tal martiro lui condanna; such guilt condemns him to such torment:<br />
e anche di Medea si fa vendetta. and revenge is also taken for his abandoning<br />
Medea.<br />
INF C18 97-99 / DANTE<br />
Con lui sen va chi da tal parte inganna; With him go all who practise like deceit,<br />
e questo basti de la prima valle and let this be enough for knowledge of the first<br />
sapere e di color che 'n sé assanna». chasm., and those whom it swallows.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C18 97-99 / DANTE INF C18 97-99 / KLINE<br />
Con lui sen va chi da tal parte inganna; With him go all who practise like deceit,<br />
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