Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of DanteClarendon Press, 1914 - 568 pages |
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Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante Paget Jackson Toynbee Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante Paget Jackson Toynbee Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
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Aeneas alluded allusion ancient Ante-purgatory Aragon Arrigo Beatrice Bianchi Bolgia Bologna born brother Brunetto Latini Cacciaguida Canz Carlo Cavalcanti Charles Charles Martel Charles of Anjou Charles of Valois Christ Cielo Circle VIII connexion Conv Dante daughter death defeated dialect died Donati Eagle Emperor Henry Epist father Florence Florentine Forese Forese Donati Forlì Frederick Ghibellines Guelfs Guido del Duca Guido Guinizelli Heaven of Mars Heaven of Mercury Heaven of Venus Hell Malebolge Hugh Capet Italian Italy Jacopo King Latin latter Limbo Lombard Luke Malebolge Matt mentioned Metam Naples Neri Phars Philip Pietro Pisa Pistoja places Podestà poet Pope Purg Purgatory quoted Ravenna referred Romagna Roman Rome Sicily Siena spirits Statius tioned Tuscany Ugolino VIII of Hell Virgil wife xvii xxii xxiv xxix xxvi xxvii xxxi xxxii
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Page 243 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in your purses ; nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves ; (for the workman is worthy of his meat...
Page 82 - For the benefit of his Latin readers, his genius submitted to teach the first elements of the arts and sciences of Greece. The geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary of Porphyry, were translated and illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator.
Page 25 - Moronto fu mio frate ed Eliseo : Mia donna venne a me di val di Pado ; E quindi il soprannome tuo si feo.
Page 459 - E non pur lo suo sangue è fatto brullo Tra il Po e il monte, e la marina e il Reno Del ben richiesto al vero ed al trastullo...
Page 111 - Capricorn, constellation and tenth sign of the Zodiac, which the Sun enters at the winter solstice (about Dec. 22) [Zodiaco]. D. speaks of the Sun driving Capricorn from mid-heaven, meaning that C. had passed the meridian, the time indicated being about 6 am, Purg. ii. 56-7 ; the sign is referred to as ' il corno della Capra del ciel' (the season indi- ' cated being mid-winter), Par.
Page 172 - B. c. 362 the earth in the forum gave way, and a great chasm appeared, which the soothsayers declared could only be filled up by throwing into it Rome's greatest treasure ; that thereupon M.
Page 55 - Thebes ; mentioned, together with the Ismenus, in reference to the crowds of Thebans who used to throng their banks at night to invoke the aid of Bacchus, when they needed rain for their vineyards, Purg. xviii. 91. D. probably had in mind the account given by Statius in the Thebaid (ix.
Page 36 - Antaeus, the son of Terra, the Earth, was a mighty giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Earth.
Page 486 - A being with four feet has two feet and three feet, and only one voice ; but its feet vary, and when it has most it is weakest" Oedipus solved the riddle by saying that it was man, and the Sphinx thereupon threw herself from the rock.
Page 452 - Rudolf I, Emperor from 1272 to 1292 ; he was born in 1218, and was the eldest son of Albert IV, Count of Hapsburg, and the founder of the imperial house of Austria. He first served under Ottocar, King of Bohemia, in his German wars, but in 1272, as he was encamped before the walls of Basle, he received the news that he had been elected Emperor, in preference to Ottocar and to Alphonso of Castile. Ottocar refused to acknowledge him as Emperor, but Rudolf, supported by powerful allies, made war upon...