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CANTO XXIX - Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Bilingual edition) [1321]

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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. The Italian Text with a Translation in English Blank Verse and a Commentary by Courtney Langdon, vol. 1 (Inferno) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1918).

Part of: The Divine Comedy, in 3 vols. (Langdon trans.)

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CANTO XXIX

The Eighth Circle. The Hell of Malice. Fraud. The Ninth Trench (continued). Sowers of Discord Geri del Bello

The Eighth Circle. The Hell of Malice. Fraud. The Tenth Trench. Falsifiers (1) of Metals. Alchemists. Griffolino

Some commentators interpret lines “who was the first to start (or sow) the costly use of cloves,” etc.

Students who are interested in the deeper meaning of “eternity,” “eternal” and “eternally” will surely agree that what might be called a sense of spiritual humour ought to prevent any misunderstanding of “eternally” in line