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VANNI FUCCI & VANNI FUCCI:<br />
INF C25 1-3 / DANTE INF C25 1-3 / KLINE<br />
Al fine de le sue parole il ladro At the end of his speech, the thief raised his<br />
hands,<br />
le mani alzò con amendue le fiche, both making the fig, the obscene gesture, with<br />
gridando: Togli, Dio, ch'a te le squadro! thumb between fingers, shouting: Take this,<br />
God!, I aim it at you.<br />
VANNI FUCCI’S ARMS WITHDRAW. DANTE OBSERVES AND WRITES.<br />
172<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C25 4-6 / DANTE INF C25 4-6 / KLINE<br />
Da indi in qua mi fuor le serpi amiche, From that moment the snakes were my friends,<br />
perch' una li s'avvolse allora al collo, since one of them coiled itself round his neck,<br />
come dicesse `Non vo' che più diche'; as if hissing: “You will not be able to speak again.”<br />
INF C25 7-9 / DANTE<br />
e un'altra a le braccia, e rilegollo, Another, round his arms, tied him again,<br />
ribadendo sé stessa sì dinanzi, knotting itself so firmly in front,<br />
che non potea con esse dare un crollo. that he could not even shake them.<br />
DANTE STANDS AND VERSIFIES. VIRGIL INTERPRETS.<br />
DANTE: & VIRGIL:<br />
INF C25 10-12 / DANTE INF C25 10-12 / KLINE<br />
Ahi Pistoia, Pistoia, ché non stanzi Ah, Pistoia, Pistoia, why do you not order yourself<br />
d'incenerarti sì che più non duri, to be turned to ash, so that you may remain no<br />
longer,<br />
poi che 'n mal fare il seme tuo avanzi? since you outdo your seed in evil-doing?<br />
INF C25 13-15 / KLINE<br />
I saw no spirit so arrogant towards God, through all the dark circles of the Inferno, not even, Capaneus, he who fell<br />
from the wall at Thebes.<br />
CACUS, A 3-HEADED SHEPHERD, IMPERSONATED BY CALLIOPE, RAGES.<br />
CACUS / CALLIOPE (VOICE): or CACUS / CALLIOPE (VOICE):<br />
INF C25 16-18 / DANTE INF C25 16-18 / KLINE<br />
El si fuggì che non parlò più verbo; Vanni Fucci fled, saying not another word,<br />
e io vidi un centauro pien di rabbia and I saw a Centaur, full of rage , come, shouting:<br />
venir chiamando: Ov' è, ov' è l'acerbo? Where is he, where is the bitter one?<br />
CACUS MYTHICAL AGE : *-- ?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
GREECE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
VOICE ONLY.<br />
CENTAUR: DESCRIBED AS SUCH IN C25 34-36, CACUS WAS ACTUALLY A 3-HEADED SHEPHERD.<br />
INF C25 19-24 / KLINE<br />
I do not believe Maremma has as many snakes, as he had on his haunches, there, where the human part begins. Over<br />
his shoulders, behind the head, lay a dragon with outstretched wings, and it scorches every one he meets.
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