A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences.
Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The... more
Through me the way into the suffering city,
Through me the way to the eternal pain,
Through me the way runs among the lost.
Justice urged on my high artificer;
My maker was divine authority,
The highest wisdom, and the primal love.
Before me nothing but eternal things were made,
and I endure eternally.
Abandon every hope who enter here.
Midway through life's journey
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost... Thanks to all of you for playing Virgil the last 5 years or so. (the rest of you... more
Midway through life's journey
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost... Thanks to all of you for playing Virgil the last 5 years or so. (the rest of you can look it up)