L ' I N F E R N O

INF C1 58-60 / DANTE
tal mi fece la bestia sanza pace, so that creature, without rest, made me
che, venendomi 'ncontro, a poco a poco like him: and coming at me, little by little,
mi ripigneva là dove 'l sol tace. drove me back to where the sun is silent.
VIRGIL APPEARS NEXT TO DANTE AT LEFT STAGE.
VIRGIL 70 - 19 BC AGE : 51?
PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO, VIRGILIO
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
BORN ANDES, NEAR MANTUA. LATIN
DESCRIPTION
AS CONVENTIONALLY PICTURED, INCLUDING A LAUREL WREATH. HE CARRIES A BOOK, THE AENEID AND
OTHER WORKS.
INF C1 61-63 / KLINE
While I was returning to the depths, one appeared, in front of my eyes, who seemed hoarse from long silence.
DANTE: & DANTE:
INF C1 61-66 / DANTE INF C1 64-66 / KLINE
Quando vidi costui nel gran diserto, When I saw him in the great emptiness I cried out
Miserere di me, gridai a lui, to him: Have pity on me, whoever you are,
qual che tu sii, od ombra od omo certo! whether a man, in truth, or a shadow!
HE PULLS HIS VOLUME TO HIS CHEST IN PROTECTION AND IT STAYS THERE IN THE
BOOKHOLDER.
VIRGIL, AND SOME OF THE OTHER INFERNO SPIRITS, HAVE SIMILAR HOLDERS FOR BOOKS
(OF PAGES OR TABLETS. WE SEE THE BOOK OF TABLETS ON VIRGIL’S BACK - THE AENEID
AND OTHER WORKS - WHEN HE TURNS LATER.)
VIRGIL:
INF C1 67-69 / DANTE INF C1 67-69 / KLINE
Rispuosemi: «Non omo, omo già fui, He answered me: Not a man: but a man I once was,
e li parenti miei furon lombardi, and my parents were Lombards,
mantoani per patrïa ambedui. and both of them, by their native place, Mantuans.
INF C1 70-72 / DANTE
Nacqui sub Iulio, ancor che fosse tardi, I was born sub Julio though late,
e vissi a Roma sotto 'l buono Augusto and lived in Rome, under the good Augustus,
nel tempo de li dèi falsi e bugiardi. in the age of false, deceitful gods.
INF C1 73-75 / DANTE
Poeta fui, e cantai di quel giusto I was a poet, and sang of Aeneas,
figliuol d'Anchise che venne di Troia, that virtuous son of Anchises, who came
poi che 'l superbo Ilïón fu combusto. from Troy when proud Ilium was burned.
DANTE notes:
INF C1 73 / DANTE INF C1 73 / KLINE
Poeta fui, e cantai di quel giusto I was a poet, and sang of Aeneas,
VIRGIL DECLAIMS.
VIRGIL:
AENEID 1 1 / VIRGIL AENEID 1 1 / KLINE
Arma virumque cano I sing of arms and the man
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