the divine comedy

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THE DIVINE COMEDY

DANTE ALIGHIERI
A Translation into English Prose
by A. S. KLINE

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CONTENTS

The Inferno 5

The Purgatorio 155

The Paradiso 289

Index 401

Notes to the Inferno 577

Notes to the Purgatorio 589

Notes to the Paradiso 605

THE INFERNO
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The Inferno

THE INFERNO

Inferno Canto I:1-60 The Dark Wood and the Hill 13
Inferno Canto I:61-99 Dante meets Virgil 16
Inferno Canto I:100-111 The salvation of Italy 17
Inferno Canto I:112-136 Virgil will be his guide through Hell 17
Inferno Canto II:1-42 Dante’s doubts as to his fitness for the journey 19
Inferno Canto II:43-93 Virgil explains his mission:Beatrice 20
Inferno Canto II:94-120 The Virgin sends Lucia to Beatrice 22
Inferno Canto II:121-142 Virgil strengthens Dante’s will 22
Inferno Canto III:1-21 The Gate of Hell 23
Inferno Canto III:22-69 The spiritually neutral 24
Inferno Canto III:58-69 Their punishment 25
Inferno Canto III:70-99 Charon, the ferryman of the Acheron 25
Inferno Canto III:100-136 The souls by the shore of Acheron 27
Inferno Canto IV:1-63 The First Circle: Limbo:The Heathens 28
Inferno Canto IV:64-105 The Great Poets 29
Inferno Canto IV:106-129 The Heroes and Heroines 31
Inferno Canto IV:130-151 The Philosophers and other great spirits 31
Inferno Canto V:1-51 The Second Circle:Minos:The Carnal Sinners 32
Inferno Canto V:52-72 Virgil names the sinners 34
Inferno Canto V:70-142 Paolo and Francesca 35
Inferno Canto VI:1-33 The Third Circle: Cerberus: The Gluttonous 38
Inferno Canto VI:34-63 Ciacco, the glutton 39
Inferno Canto VI:64-93 Ciacco’s prophecy concerning Florence 40
Inferno Canto VI:94-115 Virgil speaks of The Day of Judgement 41
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Inferno Canto VII:1-39 The Fourth Circle: Plutus: The Avaricious 42
Inferno Canto VII:40-66 The avaricious and prodigal churchmen 43
Inferno Canto VII:67-99 Virgil speaks about Fortune 44
Inferno Canto VII:100-130 The Styx: They view the Fifth Circle 45
Inferno Canto VIII:1-30 The Fifth Circle: Phlegyas: The Wrathful 46
Inferno Canto VIII:31-63 They meet Filippo Argenti 47
Inferno Canto VIII:64-81 They approach the city of Dis 49
Inferno Canto VIII:82-130 The fallen Angels obstruct them 49
Inferno Canto IX:1-33 Dante asks about precedents 51
Inferno Canto IX:34-63 The Furies (Conscience) and Medusa (Obduracy) 51
Inferno Canto IX:64-105 The Messenger from Heaven 53
Inferno Canto IX:106-133 The Sixth Circle: Dis: The Heretics 54
Inferno Canto X:1-21 Epicurus and his followers 55
Inferno Canto X:22-51 Farinata degli Uberti 56
Inferno Canto X:52-72 Cavalcante Cavalcanti 57
Inferno Canto X:73-93 Farinata prophesies Dante’s long exile 57
Inferno Canto X:94-136 The prophetic vision of the damned 58
Inferno Canto XI:1-66 The structure of Hell: The Lower Circles 59
Inferno Canto XI:67-93 The structure of Hell: The Upper Circles 61
Inferno Canto XI:94-115 Virgil explains usury 61
Inferno Canto XII:1-27 Above the Seventh Circle: The Minotaur 62
Inferno Canto XII:28-48 The descent to the Seventh Circle 63
Inferno Canto XII:49-99 The First Ring: The Centaurs: The Violent 64
Inferno Canto XII:100-139 The Tyrants, Murderers and Warriors 66
Inferno Canto XIII:1-30 The Second Ring: The Harpies: The Suicides 66
Inferno Canto XIII:31-78 The Wood of Suicides: Pier delle Vigne 68
Inferno Canto XIII:79-108 The fate of The Suicides 69
Inferno Canto XIII:109-129 Lano Maconi and Jacomo da Sant’ Andrea 70
Inferno Canto XIII:130-151 The unnamed Florentine 71
Inferno Canto XIV:1-42 The Third Ring: The Violent against God 71
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Inferno Canto XIV:43-72 Capaneus 72
Inferno Canto XIV:73-120 The Old Man of Crete 73
Inferno Canto XIV:121-142 The Rivers Phlegethon and Lethe 74
Inferno Canto XV:1-42 The Violent against Nature: Brunetto Latini 75
Inferno Canto XV:43-78 Brunetto’s prophecy 76
Inferno Canto XV:79-99 Dante accepts his fate 76
Inferno Canto XV:100-124 Brunetto names some of his companions 77
Inferno Canto XVI:1-45 Rusticucci, Guido Guerra, Aldobrandi 78
Inferno Canto XVI:46-87 The condition of Florence 78
Inferno Canto XVI:88-136 The monster Geryon 79
Inferno Canto XVII:1-30 The poets approach Geryon 80
Inferno Canto XVII:31-78 The Usurers 82
Inferno Canto XVII:79-136 The poets descend on Geryon’s back 83
Inferno Canto XVIII:1-21 The Eighth Circle: Malebolge: Simple Fraud 85
Inferno Canto XVIII:22-39 The First Chasm: The Pimps and Seducers 85
Inferno Canto XVIII:40-66 The Panders: Venedico de’ Caccianemico 86
Inferno Canto XVIII:67-99 The Seducers: Jason 87
Inferno Canto XVIII:100-136 The Second Chasm: The Flatterers 87
Inferno Canto XIX:1-30 The Third Chasm: The Sellers of Sacred Offices 89
Inferno Canto XIX:31-87 Pope Nicholas III 91
Inferno Canto XIX:88-133 Dante speaks against Simony 92
Inferno Canto XX:1-30 The Fourth Chasm: The Seers and Sorcerers 93
Inferno Canto XX:31-51 The Seers 93
Inferno Canto XX:52-99 Manto and the founding of Mantua 94
Inferno Canto XX:100-130 The Soothsayers and Astrologers 95
Inferno Canto XXI:1-30 The Fifth Chasm: The Sellers of Public Offices 96
Inferno Canto XXI:31-58 The Barrators 96
Inferno Canto XXI:59-96 Virgil challenges the Demons’ threats 97
Inferno Canto XXI:97-139 The Demons escort the Poets 99
Inferno Canto XXII:1-30 The Poets view more of the Fifth Chasm 100
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Inferno Canto XXII:31-75 Ciampolo 100
Inferno Canto XXII:76-96 Ciampolo names other Barrators 101
Inferno Canto XXII:97-123 Ciampolo breaks free of the Demons 102
Inferno Canto XXII:124-151 The Malebranche quarrel 103
Inferno Canto XXIII:1-57 The Sixth Chasm: The Hypocrites 104
Inferno Canto XXIII:58-81 The Hypocrites 105
Inferno Canto XXIII:82-126 The Frauti Gaudenti: Caiaphas 106
Inferno Canto XXIII:127-148 The Poets leave the Sixth Chasm 108
Inferno Canto XXIV:1-60 The Poets climb up: Virgil exhorts Dante 108
Inferno Canto XXIV:61-96 The Seventh Chasm: The Thieves 109
Inferno Canto XXIV:97-129 Vanni Fucci and the serpent 110
Inferno Canto XXIV:130-151 Vanni Fucci’s prophecy 111
Inferno Canto XXV:1-33 Cacus 112
Inferno Canto XXV:34-78 Cianfa and Agnello 112
Inferno Canto XXV:79-151 Buoso degli Abati and Francesco 114
Inferno Canto XXVI:1-42 The Eighth Chasm: The Evil Counsellors 115
Inferno Canto XXVI:43-84 Ulysses and Diomede 117
Inferno Canto XXVI:85-142 Ulysses’s last voyage 118
Inferno Canto XXVII:1-30 Guido Da Montefeltro 119
Inferno Canto XXVII:31-57 The situation in Romagna 120
Inferno Canto XXVII:58-136 Guido’s history 120
Inferno Canto XXVIII:1-21 The Ninth Chasm: The Sowers of Discord 122
Inferno Canto XXVIII:22-54 Mahomet: the Caliph Ali 122
Inferno Canto XXVIII:55-90 Pier della Medicina and others 124
Inferno Canto XXVIII:91-111 Curio and Mosca 125
Inferno Canto XXVIII:112-142 Bertrand de Born 125
Inferno Canto XXIX:1-36 Geri del Bello 127
Inferno Canto XXIX:37-72 The Tenth Chasm: The Falsifiers 128
Inferno Canto XXIX:73-99 Griffolino and Capocchio 129
Inferno Canto XXIX:100-120 Griffolino’s narrative 130
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