L ' I N F E R N O

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