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SPERANZA HOPE<br />
THE MUSES<br />
The 9 goddesses who inspire humanity & maim, destroy or transform into birds any human who challenges their supremacy.<br />
NAME SYMBOL DOMAIN INTEREST EPITHET name of player<br />
CALLIOPE Writing tablet Epic Poetry Philosophy The Fair-Voiced<br />
CLIO Scroll History the Alphabet The Proclaimer<br />
ERATO Lyre Love Poetry The Lovely<br />
EUTERPE Double flute Music The Giver of Pleasure<br />
MELPOMENE Tragic mask Tragedy Chanting The Songstress<br />
POLYHYMNIA Pensive mask finger/mouth Sacred Poetry Geometry She of Many Hymns<br />
TERPSICHORE Dancing figure Dancing The Whirler<br />
THALIA Comic mask Comedy The Flourishing<br />
URANIA (Staff points to) globe/stars Astronomy Prophecy The Heavenly<br />
THE CAST:<br />
FEDE FAITH<br />
DANTE DURANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321) WAS BORN IN FLOR-<br />
ENCE OF A PRO-PAPACY GUELPH FAMILY. THE DISHONESTY &<br />
CORRUPTION OF POPE BONIFACE VIII ALIGNED HIM WITH THE<br />
GHIBELLINE GHIBELLINE PRO-IMPERIALS. THE CENTURIES-LONG, EUROPEAN<br />
GUELPH./.GHIBELLINE GUELPH./.GHIBELLINE SCHISM ORIGINATED IN GERMANY, SUP-<br />
POSEDLY WHEN ONE PRINCE DISPARAGED THE HUNTING-DOG OF<br />
ANOTHER. FLORENTINE FAMILIES WERE SPLIT, ALSO, INTO<br />
BLACKS BLACKS & WHITES, ORIGINALLY BECAUSE OF A PRETTY PIS-<br />
TOIAN. TOIAN. IN 1302, FRENCH INTERVENTION LED TO THE EXILE OF<br />
DANTE DANTE & 14 OTHERS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH. DANTE NEV-<br />
ER RETURNED.<br />
BEATRICE BICE DI FOLCO PORTINARI WAS FIRST SEEN BY<br />
DANTE DANTE WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD & HE WAS 9. HIS LOVE<br />
FOR HER INSPIRED THE VITA NUOVA & THE DIVINE COMEDY, IN<br />
WHICH SHE REPRESENTS DIVINE PHILOSOPHY. SHE DIED IN<br />
1290, AGED 24.<br />
VIRGIL PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO (70 – 19 BC), THE ROMAN<br />
POET, GUIDES DANTE FROM L’INFERNO 1 TO IL PURGATORIO 30.<br />
HE HE IS THE TYPE OF HUMAN PHILOSOPHY, WHICH GUIDES THE<br />
MIND FROM UNWORTHINESS TO BLISS. ECLOGUE 4 GAVE HIM<br />
REPUTE AS A PROPHET OF CHRIST. HIS AENEID LINKED, FOR<br />
DANTE, DANTE, THE GREEK WORLD OF HOMER & TROY WITH THE RO-<br />
MAN EMPIRE.<br />
SONNET LA VITA NOVA 26 / DANTE / MUSA<br />
Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare<br />
la donna mia quand'ella altrui saluta,<br />
ch'ogne lingua deven tremando muta,<br />
e li occhi no l'ardiscon di guardare.<br />
Such sweet decorum and such gentle grace attend my lady’s<br />
greeting as she moves, that lips can only tremble into silence,<br />
and eyes dare not attempt to gaze at her.<br />
Ella si va, sentendosi laudare,<br />
benignamente d'umiltà vestuta;<br />
e par che sia una cosa venuta<br />
da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare.<br />
Moving, benignly clothed in humility, untouched by all the praise<br />
along her way, she seems to be a creature come from Heaven to<br />
earth, to manifest a miracle.<br />
Mostrasi sì piacente a chi la mira,<br />
che dà per li occhi una dolcezza al core,<br />
che 'ntender no la può chi no la prova:<br />
Miraculously gracious to behold, her sweetness reaches, through<br />
the eyes, the heart (who has not felt this cannot understand),<br />
e par che de la sua labbia si mova<br />
un spirito soave pien d'amore,<br />
che va dicendo a l'anima: Sospira.<br />
and from her lips it seems there moves a gracious spirit, so deeply<br />
loving that it glides into the souls of men, whispering: "Sigh!"<br />
AMOR LOVE<br />
PROGRAMME<br />
IL PROGRAMMA<br />
THIS MOCK-UP IS PRINTED ON A4 FOR CONVEN-<br />
IENCE. TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE THE OFFICIAL<br />
ITALIAN FLAG (PERHAPS NOT A GOOD IDEA) THE<br />
WIDTH.:.HEIGHT RATIO SHOULD BE 3 : 2. THE<br />
FLAG’S COLOURS DO NOT DERIVE FROM THE COL-<br />
OURS OF THE 3 HOLY VIRTUES: PURG C29 121.<br />
D A N T E<br />
D R A M A T I S E D<br />
L’ I N F E R N O<br />
D A N T E<br />
D R A M M A T I Z Z A T O<br />
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