L ' I N F E R N O

INF C10 7-9 / DANTE
La gente che per li sepolcri giace Can those people who lie
potrebbesi veder? già son levati in the sepulchres be seen?
tutt' i coperchi, e nessun guardia face». The lids are all raised, and no one keeps guard.
INF C10 10-12 / KLINE
And he to me: They will all be shut, when When they return here, from Jehoshaphat, with the bodies they left above.
DANTE AND VIRGIL ARE NOW ON STAGE, BUT CANNOT BE SEEN IN THE DARKNESS.
VIRGIL (VOICE):
INF C10 13-15 / DANTE INF C10 13-15 / KLINE
Suo cimitero da questa parte hanno In this place Epicurus and all
con Epicuro tutti suoi seguaci, his followers are entombed,
che l'anima col corpo morta fanno. who say the soul dies with body.
THE NEO-EPICUREAN CATARI & PATERINI HERETICS OF THE THIRTEENTH & FOURTEENTH CENTURIES MAY HAVE DENIED THE
RESURRECTION OF THE BODY & THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. EPICURUS CERTAINLY CONCENTRATED ON LIFE IN THIS
WORLD & WAS RETICENT ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE.
INF C10 16-18 / DANTE
Però a la dimanda che mi faci Therefore, you will soon be satisfied, with an
quinc' entro satisfatto sarà tosto, answer to the question that you ask me, and also
e al disio ancor che tu mi taci». the longing that you hide from me, here, inside.
DANTE (VOICE):
INF C10 19-21 / DANTE INF C10 19-21 / KLINE
E io: «Buon duca, non tegno riposto And I: Kind guide, I do not keep my heart
hidden
a te mio cuor se non per dicer poco, from you, except by speaking too briefly,
e tu m'hai non pur mo a ciò disposto». something to which you have previously
inclined me.
FARINATA DEGLI UBERTI SITS UP IN A BOX SEPULCHRE. A FIERY GLOW FROM INSIDE THE SEPULCHRE
LIGHTS HIM AND THE 2 POETS. THE GLOW MAY BE RELEASED BY THE LID BEING OPENED. BETTER, THE
BOXES ARE LIDLESS AND THE GLOW IS RELEASED WHEN THE OCCUPANT RISES.
FARINATA DEGLI UBERTI:
INF C10 22-24 / DANTE INF C10 22-24 / KLINE
«O Tosco che per la città del foco O Tuscan, who goes alive through the city of fire,
vivo ten vai così parlando onesto, speaking so politely,
piacciati di restare in questo loco. may it please you to rest in this place.
FARINATA DEGLI UBERTI ---- ? - 1264? AGE : *-- ?
PLACE./.LANGUAGE ETC
FLORENCE. FIERCE SPEECH.
DESCRIPTION
*
HEAD OF THE UBERTI CLAN FROM 1239, WHO SUPPORTED THE GHIBELLINES, DANTE’S PARTY. HE ANNIHILATED THE
FLORENTINE GUELPHS AT THE BATTLE OF MONTAPERTI (A VILLAGE NEAR SIENA, ON A HILL NEAR THE RIVER ARBIA) ON
SEPTEMBER 4TH 1260. FARINATA OPPOSED THE DESTRUCTION OF FLORENCE URGED BY THE SIENESE, AND PISANS, BUT
AFTER THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF THE GUELPHS IN 1266, THE FAMILY WERE EXCLUDED FROM AMNESTY, AND BANISHED
FOREVER. WHEN ARNOLFO DI CAMBIO BUILT THE PALAZZO VECCHIO IN FLORENCE HE WAS FORBIDDEN TO BUILD WHERE THE
REBEL UBERTI HOUSES HAD STOOD.
DANTE JUMPS IN FEAR.
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