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| Nicola Consoni's Dante al Limbo |
- I wonder how many Cantos there are in this.
- The Minotaur from Crete is in the seventh circle of hell.
- “When he saw us, he gnawed himself, like someone consumed by anger inside.” Sounds like someone with intense emotional trauma.
- He weaves in the Greek mythology almost seamlessly. He mentions Theseus and it doesn’t seem forced or awkward.
- “the world has often been overwhelmed by chaos.”
- “we near the river of blood, in which those who injure others by violence are boiled.”
- So our desires are what lead us to destruction and hell?
- For a little bit, I think that I got Chiron and Charon confused.
- Chiron was basically the leader of the centaurs?
- “Divine Justice here torments Attila.” So he isn’t just taking on Greek mythology. The word “divine” makes the torture sound righteous.
- “The foliage was not green, but a dusky colour: the branches were not smooth, but warped and knotted; there were no fruits there, but poisonous thorns.” Sounds like a dark twist on Wonderland or something like that.
- It is super interesting that Dante refers to Virgil as “Master,” especially when Virgil is being considered such a massive sinner.
- 'O Capaneus, you are punished more in that your pride is not quenched: no torment would produce pain fitting for your fury, except your own raving.' That’s interesting. So each person’s punishment is custom fit to them.
- It is odd how Virgil talks of Jason. It is as if he is this great and glorious person who somehow did something bad enough to send him to hell. The language is both good and bad, which is interesting.
Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline (2002).
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