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INF C30 76-90 / KLINE
But if I could see the wretched soul of Guido here, or Alessandro, or Aghinolfo, their brother, I would not exchange
that sight for Branda’s fountain. Guido is down here already, if the crazed spirits going round speak truly, but what
use is it to me, whose limbs are tied? If I were only light enough to move, even an inch, every hundred years, I
would already have started on the road, to find him among this disfigured people, though it winds around eleven
miles, and is no less than half a mile across. Because of them I am with such a crew: they induced me to stamp those
florins that were adulterated, with three carats alloy.’
DANTE:
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E io a lui: Chi son li due tapini I said to him: Who are those abject two,
che fumman come man bagnate 'l verno, lying close to your right edge,
giacendo stretti a' tuoi destri confini? and giving off smoke, like a hand, bathed, in
winter?
ADAMO OF BRESCIA:
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Qui li trovai--e poi volta non dierno, He replied: I found them here, when I rained down
rispuose, quando piovvi in questo greppo, into this pound, and they have not turned since
then,
e non credo che dieno in sempiterno. and may never turn I believe.
INF C30 97-99 / DANTE
L'una è la falsa ch'accusò Gioseppo; One is Potiphar’s the false wife who accused
Joseph.
l'altr' è 'l falso Sinon greco di Troia: The other is lying Sinon, the Greek from Troy.
per febbre aguta gittan tanto leppo». A burning fever makes them stink so strongly.
JOSEPH: POTIPHAR’S WIFE TRIED TO SEDUCE HIM & CAUSED HIM TO BE IMPRISONED. (GENESIS 29.)
INF C30 100-105 / KLINE
And Sinon, who perhaps took offence at being named so blackly, struck Adamo’s rigid belly with his fist, so that it
resounded, like a drum: and Master Adam struck him in the face with his arm, that seemed no softer,
ADAMO IS ROLLED BACK INTO THE DARKNESS BY SINON’S HAND. SINON STRIKES
‘ADAMO’S RIGID BELLY WITH HIS FIST, SO THAT IT RESOUNDS LIKE A DRUM’ [INF C30 100-
105]. SINON AGE : *-- ?
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
GREECE.
DESCRIPTION.
BEHIND ADAMO.
SINON: A GREEK WHO ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CAPTURED BY THE TROJANS & PERSUADED THEM TO ADMIT THE WOODEN
HORSE INTO TROY. DANTE, AS A TUSCAN CONSIDERS HIMSELF OF TROJAN DESCENT & OPPOSED TO THE GREEKS.
ADAMO OF BRESCIA (VOICE):
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dicendo a lui: Ancor che mi sia tolto saying to him: I have an arm free
lo muover per le membra che son gravi, for such a situation, though I am
ho io il braccio a tal mestiere sciolto. kept from moving by my heavy limbs.
WE HEAR ADAMO HITTING SINON IN THE FACE [INF C30 100-105].
SINON (VOICE):
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Ond' ei rispuose: Quando tu andavi At which Sinon answered: You were not so ready
al fuoco, non l'avei tu così presto; with it, going to the fire, but as ready,
ma sì e più l'avei quando coniavi. and readier, when you were coining.