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CANTO XXXI - 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 XXXI

The Edge of the Bank overlooking the Central Well. Titans, Giants, or Supermen. Nimrod. Antæus

Lovers of Dante recently visiting Bologna will have seen on the wall of the still standing, though much shortened, Carisenda tower, a marble slab with Dante’s words carved upon it. Similarly all over Florence and throughout Italy slabs will be found commemorating his famous references to historic sites.