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