Acre: Ancient city in Western Galilee, it was the last Christian possession in the Holy Land, finally lost in 1291.Statius identifies himself in Purgatory as the author of the Achilleid, an unfinished epic poem on the life of Achilles.His abandonment of Deidamia and his only son, at the urging of Ulysses, to go to the war against Troy.Remembered by Virgil for having been educated by Chiron.An account well known in the Middle Ages has him killed by Paris after having been lured with the promise of Priam's daughter Polyxena. Achilles: The greatest Greek hero in the Trojan War.Formed from the tears of the statue of the Old Man of Crete.Acheron: The mythological Greek underworld river over which Charon ferried souls of the newly dead into Hades.Cited by souls on the terrace of the greedy as an example of greed.Achan: Ancient Israelite who stole from Jericho during Joshua's conquest.Bertran de Born compares his fomenting with the "malicious urgings" of Ahithophel.Absalom and Ahithophel: Absalom was the rebellious son of King David who was incited by Ahithophel, the king's councilor.Raised by Jesus from Limbo into Paradise.Abraham the Patriarch: Important biblical figure.IV, 56.Ībraham Sacrificing Isaac by Laurent de La Hyre, 1650 Abel: Biblical second son of Adam and brother of Cain.Following that link will present that entry.Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z – References The line numbers refer to the original Italian text.īoldface links indicate that the word or phrase has an entry in the list. XXV, 27 refers to line 27 in Canto XXV (or 25) of the Paradiso. X, 123 refers to line 123 in Canto X (or 10) of the Inferno and Par. Roman numerals are used to identify cantos and Arabic numerals to identify lines.
A knowledge of at least the most important of these references can aid in understanding the poem fully.įor ease of reference, the cantica names are abbreviated to Inf., Purg., and Par. Throughout the poem, Dante refers to people and events from Classical and Biblical history and mythology, the history of Christianity, and the Europe of the Medieval period up to and including his own day. Set at Easter 1300, the poem describes the living poet's journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts (or canticas): the Inferno ( Hell), Purgatorio ( Purgatory), and Paradiso ( Paradise), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio having 33, and Paradiso having 33 cantos. Dante, poised between the mountain of purgatory and the city of Florence, a detail of a painting by Domenico di Michelino, Florence 1465.
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