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giudica e manda secondo ch'avvinghia. the guilty down as far as is signified by his coils:<br />
DANTE TURNS TO THE OTHER PART OF THE AUDIENCE AND ILLUSTRATES WITH HIS HANDS.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 7-9 / DANTE INF C5 7-9 / KLINE<br />
Dico che quando l'anima mal nata I mean that when the evil-born spirit<br />
li vien dinanzi, tutta si confessa; comes before him, it confesses everything,<br />
e quel conoscitor de le peccata and that knower of sins<br />
INF C5 10-12 / DANTE<br />
vede qual loco d'inferno è da essa; decides the proper place in hell for it,<br />
cignesi con la coda tante volte and makes as many coils with his tail,<br />
quantunque gradi vuol che giù sia messa. as the circles he will force it descend.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 13-15 / DANTE INF C5 13-15 / KLINE<br />
Sempre dinanzi a lui ne stanno molte: A multitude always stand before him,<br />
vanno a vicenda ciascuna al giudizio, and go in turn to be judged,<br />
dicono e odono e poi son giù volte. speak and hear, and then are whirled downwards.<br />
DANTE & VIRGIL STRIDE DOWN THE → R → .<br />
MINOS (VOICE):<br />
INF C5 16-18 / DANTE INF C5 16-18 / KLINE<br />
O tu che vieni al doloroso ospizio, When Minos saw me, passing by<br />
disse Minòs a me quando mi vide, the actions of his great office, he said:<br />
lasciando l'atto di cotanto offizio, O you, who come to the house of pain,<br />
MINOS MYTHICAL AGE : *?<br />
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC<br />
CRETE.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
VOICE ONLY.<br />
MYTHICAL KING OF CRETE. BUILDER OF THE LABYRINTH AT CNOSSUS, DAEDALUS BEING THE ARCHITECT. HE WAS<br />
APPOINTED BY ZEUS AS ONE OF THE THREE JUDGES OF THE DEAD, WITH RHADAMANTHYS & AEACUS & LIVED IN THE ELYSIAN<br />
FIELDS IN THE UNDERWORLD. HE RULED OVER NINETY CRETAN CITIES & CONTROLLED NAVIGATION OF THE<br />
MEDITERRANEAN. HE IS THE JUDGE OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS IN THE AENEID & IS FOR DANTE A SYMBOL OF THE SINNER’S<br />
GUILTY CONSCIENCE.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C5 16 / DANTE INF C5 16 / KLINE<br />
O tu che vieni al doloroso ospizio, O you, who come to the house of pain<br />
MINOS (VOICE):<br />
INF C5 19-20 / DANTE INF C5 19-20 / KLINE<br />
guarda com' entri e di cui tu ti fide; take care how you enter, and in whom you trust;<br />
non t'inganni l'ampiezza de l'intrare! do not let the width of the entrance deceive you.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C5 21 / DANTE INF C5 21 / KLINE<br />
E 'l duca mio a lui: Perché pur gride? And my guide replied: Why do you cry out?<br />
INF C5 22-24 / DANTE INF C5 22-24 / KLINE<br />
Non impedir lo suo fatale andare: Do not obstruct his destined journey:<br />
vuolsi così colà dove si puote so it is willed, where what is willed<br />
ciò che si vuole, e più non dimandare. is done: demand no more…più non dimandare.<br />
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