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VIRGIL:<br />
INF C4 124-126 / DANTE INF C4 124-126 / KLINE<br />
Vidi Cammilla e la Pantasilea; I saw Camilla and Penthesilea,<br />
da l'altra parte vidi 'l re Latino on the other side, and the King of Latium,<br />
che con Lavina sua figlia sedea. Latinus, with Lavinia, his daughter.<br />
INF C4 127-129 / DANTE INF C4 127-129 / KLINE<br />
Vidi quel Bruto che cacciò Tarquino, I saw that Brutus who expelled Tarquin,<br />
Lucrezia, Iulia, Marzïa e Corniglia; Lucretia, Julia, Marcia and Cornelia,<br />
e solo, in parte, vidi 'l Saladino. and I saw Saladin, by himself, apart.<br />
PHILOSOPHERS: MUSES ALL<br />
DANTE RAISES HIS EYES. ERATO’S LAMP SHOWS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURTAIN. VIRGIL PULLS<br />
BACK THE CURTAIN TO LET HER THROUGH. SHE GOES OFF STAGE LEFT OR RIGHT.<br />
THE OPEN CURTAIN REVEALS THE GREEN ENAMEL ON WHICH THE MUSES ARE SEATED IN A CIRCLE<br />
AROUND CALLIOPE (ARISTOTLE). THEY READ, WRITE AND INAUDIBLY DEBATE.<br />
DANTE: & VIRGIL:<br />
INF C4 130-132 / DANTE INF C4 130-132 / KLINE<br />
Poi ch'innalzai un poco più le ciglia, When I lifted my eyes a little higher,<br />
vidi 'l maestro di color che sanno I saw the The Master of those who<br />
know…Aristotle<br />
seder tra filosofica famiglia. sitting amongst the company of philosophers.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C4 133-135 / DANTE INF C4 133-138 / KLINE<br />
Tutti lo miran, tutti onor li fanno: All gaze at him: all show him honour.<br />
quivi vid' ïo Socrate e Platone, There I saw Socrates and Plato<br />
che 'nnanzi a li altri più presso li stanno; who stand nearest to him of all of them;<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C4 133-135 / DANTE INF C4 133-138 / KLINE<br />
Tutti lo miran, tutti onor li fanno: All gaze at him: all show him honour.<br />
quivi vid' ïo Socrate e Platone, There I saw Socrates and Plato<br />
che 'nnanzi a li altri più presso li stanno; who stand nearest to him of all of them;<br />
DANTE & VIRGIL:<br />
INF C4 136-138 / DANTE INF C4 136-138 / KLINE<br />
Democrito che 'l mondo a caso pone, Democritus, who ascribes the world to chance,<br />
Dïogenès, Anassagora e Tale, Diogenes, Anaxagoras, and Thales,<br />
Empedoclès, Eraclito e Zenone; Empedocles, Heraclitus and Zeno.<br />
DEMOCRITUS: GREEK PHILOSOPHER, OF ALDERA, D.361 BC, WHO DEVELOPED LEUCIPPUS’S IDEAS OF ATOMISM. DANTE<br />
REGARDS HIM AS HAVING TAUGHT THAT THE WORLD ARISES FROM CHANCE ARRANGEMENTS OF ATOMS.<br />
ANAXAGORAS: PRE-SOCRATIC GREEK PHILOSOPHER, BORN AT CLAZOMENAE IN ASIA MINOR ABOUT 500 BC. A PERSIAN<br />
CITIZEN WHO WENT TO ATHENS IN THE YEAR OF SALAMIS 480/79 BC.<br />
EMPEDOCLES: PRE-SOCRATIC GREEK PHILOSOPHER, A CITIZEN OF AKRAGAS, OR AGRIGENTUM, IN SICILY. HE WAS ALIVE IN<br />
443 BC & GAVE RISE TO A NUMBER OF APOCRYPHAL STORIES ABOUT HIS MAGICAL ABILITIES AS A PYTHAGOREAN.<br />
HERACLITUS: PRE-SOCRATIC GREEK PHILOSOPHER, EPHESIAN NOBLEMAN WHO FLOURISHED ABOUT THE 69TH OLYMPIAD<br />
504-501 BC. DEALT WITH THE FLUX OF EXISTENCE, THE INSTABILITY OF SENSATION & EXPERIENCE. HIS KEY CONCEPT IS OF<br />
UNITY IN DIVERSITY & DIVERSITY IN UNITY, A THEME THAT DANTE OFTEN PLAYS WITH. THE ONE EXISTS AS A TENSION OF<br />
OPPOSITES, IN THE MANY, IDENTITY IN DIFFERENCE.<br />
THALES: PRE-SOCRATIC GREEK PHILOSOPHER OF MILETUS. DIED SHORTLY BEFORE THE FALL OF SARDIS (546/5 BC).<br />
ZENO OF CITIUM (C 342-370 BC): FOUNDER OF THE STOIC SCHOOL OF WHICH SENECA WAS A MEMBER.<br />
VIRGIL INTERPRETS A LITTLE BEHIND DANTE.<br />
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