The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 2: PurgatorioIn the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante the pilgrim coming out of the pit of hell. Similar to the Inferno (34 cantos), this volume is divided into 33 cantos, written in tercets (groups of 3 lines). The English prose is arranged in tercets to facilitate easy correspondence to the verse form of the Italian on the facing page, enabling the reader to follow both languages line by line. In an effort to capture the peculiarities of Dante's original language, this translation strives toward the literal and sheds new light on the shape of the poem. Again the text of Purgatorio follows Petrocchi's La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata, but the editor has departed from Petrocchi's readings in a number of cases, somewhat larger than in the previous Inferno, not without consideration of recent critical readings of the Comedy by scholars such as Lanza (1995, 1997) and Sanguineti (2001). As before, Petrocchi's punctuation has been lightened and American norms have been followed. However, without any pretensions to being "critical", the text presented here is electic and being not persuaded of the exclusive authority of any manuscript, the editor has felt free to adopt readings from various branches of the stemma. One major addition to this second volume is in the notes, where is found the Intercantica - a section for each canto that discusses its relation to the Inferno and which will make it easier for the reader to relate the different parts of the Comedy as a whole. |
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... term vice ( Lat . vitium ) , on the other hand , refers to the idea of a flaw : a flaw in a diamond is a vitium ; a ... terms vice and virtue may refer to weaknesses and strengths , inherited or not , whether of body or mind ...
... term vice ( Lat . vitium ) , on the other hand , refers to the idea of a flaw : a flaw in a diamond is a vitium ; a ... terms vice and virtue may refer to weaknesses and strengths , inherited or not , whether of body or mind ...
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... term temperance ( drawing on Plato's us- age ) : in this state the appetitive soul spontaneously follows the right ... terms , they have brought their vices with them , and these must be corrected before they can rise to beatitude . 9 ...
... term temperance ( drawing on Plato's us- age ) : in this state the appetitive soul spontaneously follows the right ... terms , they have brought their vices with them , and these must be corrected before they can rise to beatitude . 9 ...
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... terms and is repeatedly compared to the training of falcons ( see 14.143-51 ) or of horses ( see the terminology of “ spurs ” and “ reins , ” for instance , in 13.37- 42 ) —an analogy that goes back at least as far as Plato's myth of ...
... terms and is repeatedly compared to the training of falcons ( see 14.143-51 ) or of horses ( see the terminology of “ spurs ” and “ reins , ” for instance , in 13.37- 42 ) —an analogy that goes back at least as far as Plato's myth of ...
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... the Exultet , although the terms figure and prefigure are not used , the events of the Exodus - the Passover , the column of fire , the crossing of the Red Sea - are celebrated as prefiguring , and as fulfilled 12 Introduction.
... the Exultet , although the terms figure and prefigure are not used , the events of the Exodus - the Passover , the column of fire , the crossing of the Red Sea - are celebrated as prefiguring , and as fulfilled 12 Introduction.
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... terms it was virtually impos- sible to invent a narrative which did not embody one or another of these patterns , either in bono or in malo . It is well known that the Middle Ages interpreted pagan myths as distorted versions of ...
... terms it was virtually impos- sible to invent a narrative which did not embody one or another of these patterns , either in bono or in malo . It is well known that the Middle Ages interpreted pagan myths as distorted versions of ...
Contents
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CANTO 4 | 64 |
CANTO 5 | 78 |
CANTO 6 | 92 |
CANTO 22 | 362 |
CANTO 23 | 382 |
CANTO 24 | 400 |
CANTO 25 | 420 |
CANTO 26 | 438 |
CANTO 27 | 456 |
CANTO 28 | 474 |
CANTO 29 | 492 |
CANTO 7 | 110 |
CANTO 8 | 126 |
CANTO 9 | 142 |
CANTO 10 | 158 |
CANTO 11 | 172 |
CANTO 12 | 188 |
CANTO 13 | 204 |
CANTO 14 | 222 |
CANTO 15 | 242 |
CANTO 16 | 258 |
CANTO 17 | 276 |
CANTO 18 | 292 |
CANTO 19 | 308 |
CANTO 20 | 326 |
CANTO 21 | 346 |
CANTO 30 | 510 |
CANTO 31 | 530 |
CANTO 32 | 548 |
CANTO 33 | 566 |
VERGIL ECLOGUE IV | 584 |
GUIDO CAVALCANTIS PASTORELLA | 588 |
ADDITIONAL NOTES | 591 |
Textual Variants | 627 |
Bibliography | 631 |
Index of Italian Latin and Other Foreign Words Discussed in the Notes | 657 |
Index of Passages Cited in the Notes | 661 |
Index of Proper Names in the Notes | 676 |
Index of Proper Names in the Text and Translation | 699 |
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Aeneid Amor ancor angel avarice Beatrice Beatrice's body Brunetto Latini Canto Casentino Cato Cato's ch'a ch'io chapter chariot ché Christ Christian Church ciel ciò circle climb color Comedy Compline Conv Dante Dante's death desire dietro dolce dream earth echoes Eclogue emperor esser eternal eyes fire Florence Forese gaze gente Ghibelline God's gryphon Guido Guido Guinizelli Guinizelli Heaven Hell holy human Inferno Inferno Additional Note Inter cantica Italian l'altro light line(s Luke Manfred Matelda Matt medieval metaphor mountain nature Neoplatonic note to lines occhi Ovid Palinurus Paradise parallel passage passim pilgrim poco poem poet poetry prayer pride Psalm Purg purgation Purgatory recalls reference river Roman Saint sanza seems shades singing Sordello soul speak speech stars Statius Statius's sweet terrace Thebaid things tion traditional tree turned tutto veder verse(s vidi Virgil virtue vita walking weeping words
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Page 273 - Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Page 215 - And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water.
Page 215 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast...
Page 255 - And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Page 256 - But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.
Page 262 - Esce di mano a Lui , che la vagheggia Prima che sia, a guisa di fanciulla Che piangendo e ridendo pargoleggia, L'anima semplicetta che sa nulla; Salvo che, mossa da lieto fattore, Volentier torna a ciò che la trastulla.
Page 395 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Page 506 - And round about the throne were four and twenty seats, and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
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