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CANTO XXXIV - 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 XXXIV

The Ninth Circle. The Hell of Malice. Treachery. The Fourth Ring. Giudecca. Traitors to their Benefactors. Traitors to Human and Divine Majesty. Brutus. Cassius. Judas. LUCIFER

With the allegory of Lucifer’s three faces it will be seen that Dante has returned to the allegory of the three Wild Beasts with which he started. In Satan, Man has seen the reality of the three dangers which prevented his access to the Mountain of Delight. The sensual Leopard of Incontinent Appetite, the arrogant Lion of Bestial Violence, and the greedy, materialistic Wolf of Malicious Fraud and Treachery are seen to have been adumbrations of the Impotence, Ignorance, and Hatred that spring from rebellion against the equally Almighty, All-wise, and All-loving Spirit of the Universe.

From the Center of the Earth to its Surface on the Island of Purgatory. The Fall of Lucifer

December 24th, 1917.

DIVINA COMMEDIA
inferno