The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Part 2Princeton University Press, 1970 |
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Page 97
... early tradition that had Cerberus as one of the devourers of the dead have any part in Dante's conception of the demon's role here ? See H. E. Butler ( 1920 ) , p . 171 : In popular superstition and early legend Cerberus has far more ...
... early tradition that had Cerberus as one of the devourers of the dead have any part in Dante's conception of the demon's role here ? See H. E. Butler ( 1920 ) , p . 171 : In popular superstition and early legend Cerberus has far more ...
Page 479
... early Italian . sanguinoso mucchio : On the meaning of this phrase , see F. Torraca ( 1912 ) , pp . 109-21 . 45. sotto le branche verdi : The family thus designated is the Ordelaffi , who in Dante's time ruled Forlì . Its escutcheon ...
... early Italian . sanguinoso mucchio : On the meaning of this phrase , see F. Torraca ( 1912 ) , pp . 109-21 . 45. sotto le branche verdi : The family thus designated is the Ordelaffi , who in Dante's time ruled Forlì . Its escutcheon ...
Page 538
... early commentators know nothing of this man's identity ; he is supposed to be the Stricca di Giovanni de ' Salimbeni of Siena ( brother of Niccolò , mentioned in vs. 127 ) who was podestà of Bologna in 1276 and again in 1286. On the ...
... early commentators know nothing of this man's identity ; he is supposed to be the Stricca di Giovanni de ' Salimbeni of Siena ( brother of Niccolò , mentioned in vs. 127 ) who was podestà of Bologna in 1276 and again in 1286. On the ...
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