Studies in Dante: Scripture and classical authors in DanteClarendon Press, 1896 |
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... story of Polydorus as adapted to Pier delle Vigne in Inf . xiii . & c . The beautiful scene of the Valley of the Kings in Purg . vii . is evidently suggested by Aen . vi . 679 seqq . " See under Cicero , No. 1 . sua dolcezza e armonia ...
... story of Polydorus as adapted to Pier delle Vigne in Inf . xiii . & c . The beautiful scene of the Valley of the Kings in Purg . vii . is evidently suggested by Aen . vi . 679 seqq . " See under Cicero , No. 1 . sua dolcezza e armonia ...
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... story of Niobe , which Dante evidently derived from Ovid , compare ' Tra sette et sette tuoi figliuoli spenti ' ( Purg . xii . 39 ) with ' Orba resedit Exanimes inter natos natasque virumque ' ( Met . vi . 301-2 ) ; and in reference to ...
... story of Niobe , which Dante evidently derived from Ovid , compare ' Tra sette et sette tuoi figliuoli spenti ' ( Purg . xii . 39 ) with ' Orba resedit Exanimes inter natos natasque virumque ' ( Met . vi . 301-2 ) ; and in reference to ...
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... stories from the Metamorphoses of Ovid in the Inferno and Purgatorio . ( c ) This last class includes some cases where the re- ference is in various degrees probable , but not altogether beyond doubt ; and also others where Dante's ...
... stories from the Metamorphoses of Ovid in the Inferno and Purgatorio . ( c ) This last class includes some cases where the re- ference is in various degrees probable , but not altogether beyond doubt ; and also others where Dante's ...
Page 127
... story of Phaethon . Mr. Toynbee has pointed out that Dante's language seems to resemble more closely that of Albertus Magnus , de Meteoris , L. I. Tract ii . c . 2. But , as I have said more than once , it is of course understood always ...
... story of Phaethon . Mr. Toynbee has pointed out that Dante's language seems to resemble more closely that of Albertus Magnus , de Meteoris , L. I. Tract ii . c . 2. But , as I have said more than once , it is of course understood always ...
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... story of Alex- ander's experiences in India , described in Inf . xiv . 31 ; and the next chapter ( Lib . I. Tr . iv . c . 9 ) is that from which he borrows , without acknowledgement , the statements about Albumassar and Seneca , which ...
... story of Alex- ander's experiences in India , described in Inf . xiv . 31 ; and the next chapter ( Lib . I. Tr . iv . c . 9 ) is that from which he borrows , without acknowledgement , the statements about Albumassar and Seneca , which ...
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