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INF C5 49-51 / DANTE INF C5 49-51 / KLINE<br />
ombre portate da la detta briga; moaning, carried by that war of winds.<br />
per ch'i' dissi: Maestro, chi son quelle At which I said: Master, who are these people,<br />
genti che l'aura nera sì gastiga? that the black air chastises so?<br />
DANTE POINTS TO UNSEEN SPIRITS./.SPIRITS.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C5 50-51 / DANTE INF C5 50-51 / KLINE<br />
per ch'i' dissi: Maestro, chi son quelle At which I said: Master, who are these people,<br />
genti che l'aura nera sì gastiga? that the black air chastises so?<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C5 52-54 / DANTE INF C5 52-54 / KLINE<br />
«La prima di color di cui novelle He replied: The first, of those you wish to know<br />
of,<br />
tu vuo' saper», mi disse quelli allotta, was Empress of many languages,<br />
«fu imperadrice di molte favelle. so corrupted<br />
INF C5 55-57 / DANTE<br />
A vizio di lussuria fu sì rotta, by the vice of luxury, that she made licence<br />
che libito fé licito in sua legge, lawful in her code, to clear away<br />
per tòrre il biasmo in che era condotta. the guilt she had incurred.<br />
INF C5 58-60 / DANTE<br />
Ell' è Semiramìs, di cui si legge She is Semiramis, of whom we read<br />
che succedette a Nino e fu sua sposa: that she succeeded Ninus, and was his wife:<br />
tenne la terra che 'l Soldan corregge. she held the countries that the Sultan rules.<br />
SEMIRAMIS: SAMMURAMAT, QUEEN OF THE NEW ASSYRIAN EMPIRE, RULED 810-805 BC, WHOSE POLICIES WERE<br />
SUCCESSFUL DURING THE MINORITY OF HER SON ABADNIRARI III. ACCORDING TO OROSIUS, SHE SUCCEEDED HER HUSBAND<br />
SHAMSHI-ADAD V, NINUS. THOUGH DANTE IS CORRECT IN BELIEVING THAT THE ASSYRIANS HELD EGYPT (THE SOLDAN’S<br />
LAND) IT WAS NOT TILL MUCH LATER UNDER ESARHADDON.<br />
DANTE notes:<br />
INF C5 60 / DANTE<br />
tenne la terra che 'l Soldan corregge. she held the countries that the Sultan rules.<br />
VIRGIL:<br />
INF C5 61 / DANTE INF C5 61 / KLINE<br />
L'altra è colei che s'ancise amorosa, The next is Dido who killed herself for love,<br />
VIRGIL QUOTES HIS OWN AENEID.<br />
DIDO (UNSEEN) HEARS HER VOICE MENTIONED AND RESUMES HER PLAINT.<br />
VIRGIL: or VIRGIL:<br />
AENEID 6 450-451 / VIRGIL AENEID 6 450-451 / KLINE<br />
inter quas Phoenissa recens a vulnere Phoenician Dido wandered, in the<br />
Dido errabat silua in magna; great wood, her wound still fresh.<br />
DIDO (VOICE):<br />
AENEID SEVERAL LINES / VIRGIL AENEID SEVERAL LINES / KLINE<br />
Troius Aeneas Aeneas the Trojan<br />
AENEID 4 369 / VIRGIL AENEID 4 369 / KLINE<br />
num fletu ingemuit nostro? num<br />
lumina flexit? Did he groan at my weeping? Did he look at me?<br />
AENEID 4 385 / VIRGIL AENEID 4 385 / KLINE<br />
mors anima seduxerit artus, Death has divided my soul and body.<br />
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