Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy series Book 2)

by Dante

Venus, XXV.132; XXVIII.65

  Verde, III.131

  Verona, XVIII.118

  Wenceslaus, VII.101

  William, the Marquis, VII.134

  Xerxes, XXVIII.71

  Zion, IV.68

  INDEX OF SUBJECTS TREATED IN NOTES

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  This index is meant to help the reader find subjects, treated in the notes, that may not be readily remembered as being related to a particular passage.

  abbreviatio XX.103–105

  Acedia (Sloth) as defined by St. Thomas XVII.82–87; XIX.49–51

  Achilles IX.34–42; XXI.82–93

  acrostics XII.25–63

  Adam, his years on earth XXXIII.58–63

  Adam and Eve, driven from Eden IX.82

  addresses to the reader VIII.19–21

  advents of Christ VIII.103–108; XXX.8–9

  Aeolian harp XXVIII.19–21

  Albertus Magnus XV.16–24

  Alfraganus VIII.85–93

  aliger (wingèd), D. as IX.28–30

  “allegory of the poets” IX.70–72

  Amata, wrath of XVII.34–39

  Ambrose, St. IX.139–145

  Amphiaraus, as stand-in for Statius XII.49–51

  Anchises VII.87–90

  angelic speech XV.38–39

  angels, two on terrace of Lust XXVII.10–12; XXVII.58

  Annunciation X.34–45; X.46–54

  Antaeus XXII.55–63

  Antenor, as founder of Padua V.74

  ante-purgatory, periods of waiting III.139

  antiphrasis (rhetorical trope) XII.70–72

  apprehensiva (power of perception) XVIII.22–27

  Argus XXX.103–105; XXXII.64–69

  Ariosto XIV.109–110

  Aristotle XV.13–15; XVIII.67–69; XXI.1; XXII.49–51

  art, mimetic X.31–33; X.130–135

  Astraea XXII.70–72; XXVIII.142–144

  Augustine, St. I.130–132; III.107–108; VI.148–151; IX.139–145; XI.11; XV.46–57; XV.97–99; XVI.100–102; XXII.40–48; XXX.63; XXX.85–99; XXIX.100–104; XXXII.118–123; XXXIII.54

  Aurora IX.1–9

  Avarice as “root sin” XX.4–9

  Ave, as palindrome of “Eva” VIII.37–39

  Avignon, removal of Church to XXXII.148–160

  Babel, Tower of XII.34–36

  balbus vs. planus XIX.7–9

  baptism, rite of I.124–129

  Barbarossa (Frederick I) XVIII.118–120

  Beatitudes, the XII.110

  Beatrice:

  as admiral XXX.43–48; XXX.58

  as bride XXX.10–12

  as “donna santa e presta”? XIX.26–27; XIX.52–60

  as Faith? XV.77; XVIII.46–48

  as Marcellus XXX.21

  as Minerva XXX.31–33

  as Theology? XVIII.70–75

  hosanna in praise of XXX.16–18; XXX.19

  named 63 times in Commedia XV.77

  naming self XIX.19

  reproaches of XXX.118–138; XXX.124–126; XXXI.25–30

  Beckett, Samuel IV.98–99; IV.133–135; V.endnote

  Bible, vernacularization of X.1–24

  Blacatz VI.61–63

  Boccaccio XI.94–96; XXI.82–93

  Boethius XIV.52–54; XIV.148–151; XXX.54; XXX.63; XXXI.45

  Bonaventura, St. XI.135; XXV.128

  Boniface VIII XV. 118–123; XX.85–90

  Brunetto Latini XVIII.17–18

  Byron, Lord VIII.1–9

  Caesar, Julius I.31; VI.124–126; IX.133–138; XVIII.101–102; XX.116–117; XXVI.77–78

  Calliope I.7–12

  Calypso XIX.22–24

  Campaldino, battle of V.88

  canticum novum of Apoc. 14:3 XXXII.61–62

  cantos, lengths of XVII.118–119; XXXII.1–3; XXXIII.136–141

  captatio benevolentiae I.78–84; III.73–78; XIII.85–93; XVI.31–36

  Carthage, historiated walls of X.103–105

  Cato of Utica:

  as “figure” of Christ I.71–74

  as guardian of entire mountain I.66

  as Moses I.34–36

  as St. Paul I.118–121

  salvation of I.75

  Cavalcanti, Guido VII.73–78; VIII.79–81; XIV.14–15; XXVIII.43–48

  cenno (sign), various meanings of XXI.14–15

  Charity (as “donna santa e presta”?) XIX.52–60

  Charon’s skiff II.42; II.49–51

  Chaucer XXI.82–93

  Christ, last words of XXIII.72–75

  Church Militant XXXII.19–24; XXXII.109–160

  Church Triumphant XXIX.145–150; XXXII.19–24

  Cicero XIII.31–33; XIX.22–24; XX.116–117

  cima as indicating the forehead XI.91–93

  Cino da Pistoia XXVI.112; XXVI.140–147

  Circe XIV.37–42; XIX.22–24

  Clement, St. XXII.82–87

  Cleopas XXI.7–9

  coinages III.15

  Colonna, Sciarra XX.85–90

  comedy (Christian) IX.34–42; X.67–69; XXI.97–99; XXX.21; XXXIII.10–12

  conception necessary to poet XXIX.37–42

  confession IX.94–102; XXXI.10–11; XXXI.31–33; XXXI.37–39; XXXI.58–60

  conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter XX.13–14

  Constances, characters in third cantos III.143

  corbel X.130–135

  Croce, Benedetto XVIII.49–75

  Cross, Legend of the Wood of the XXXII.51

  Dante:

  as Adam IX.10–11

  as Aeneas XXXI.70–75

  as Augustine IX.139–145

  as David V.23–24; X.65

  as drunk XV.118–123

  as Ganymede IX.22–24

  as God’s scribe XXI.22–24

  as Jacob XXVII.100–108

  as lacking in zeal XVIII.8

  as Latin “author” XXX.17

  as Narcissus XXX.76–78; XXX.85–99

  as Orpheus XXX.49–51

  as pilgrim XXXIII.97

  as poet and protagonist XXVIII.43–51

  as St. Paul V.9; XVI.41–42; XXIX.37–42

  as Tuscan XIV.19

  bearded? XXXI.68

  condemned to be burned alive XXVII.17–18

  dreams of XXX.134

  his “fathers” XVIII.17–18

  his name spoken once XXX.55; XXX.63

  his pride XII.7–9; XIII.133–138; XIV.20–21

  nodding XXXIII.46–51

  recognized by certain souls XXVI.55–66

  date of journey I.19–21; II.94–105

  David X.65

  Delos, how made stable? XX.130–132

  describing the undescribable XXXII.64–69

  Dido (and Pia de’ Tolomei) V.135–136

  “digression” VI.73–75

  dolce stil novo:

  nature of XXIV.52–54;

  other practitioners of XXIV.52–54; XXIV.55–63; XXVI.112

  Domitian (emperor) XXII.64–66; XXII.82–87

  Donation of Constantine XXXII.124–129

  doves II.124–132

  dreams:

  at morning IX.16–18

  formulaic vocabulary of IX.19; XXVII.94–99

  state between sleep and waking XVII.40–45; XVIII.141–142

  three Purgatorial dreams as “nines” XVIII.145

  eagle, allegories of IX.20–21

  earthly paradise:

  as “eighth terrace” XXIX.61–63; XXIX.115–120

  weather in XXVIII.103–120

  earthquake at Statius’s completed penance XXI.40–60

  ecstatic vision XV.85–86

  Elysian fields I.124–129

  embraces, program of II.79–81; VI.73–75; XXI.130–136

  emeralds VII.73–78

  Emmaus, road to XXI.7–9; XXI.130–136

  emperor as spiritual guide XVI.94–96

  Envy, livid color of XIII.8–9

  Epicureans XVIII.34–39

  Eteocles XXII.55–63
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  Euclid XV.16–24

  exemplarity XII.13–15

  exemplars:

  anonymous XXV.133–135

  “informal” presentation of XXVI.77–78

  modes of presentation of XVIII.99–138

  pattern of X.97–99

  reactions of Dante and of Virgil XV.115–138; XV.130–132

  Exodus II.46–48

  expiation, on each terrace X.1–24

  falconry XIX.63–69

  families, separated in the afterworld XXIV.10

  fantasy (see imaginativa)

  Farinata XIV.14–15

  femmina balba XIX.7–9; XIX.16–18

  Florus XX.116–117

  France, as enemy of Italy XX.43–45; XX.67–81

  Francesca da Rimini XIV.125; XVIII.28–33

  Francis, St. XI.4–6; XI.135; XXXII.94

  frate, as address IV.127; XIX.133

  Frederick II (emperor) XVI.115–120

  free will, pivotal role of XVIII.70–75

  freedom I.71–74; XVI.79–81

  galeotto (helmsman) II.19–30

  gemology VII.73–78

  Geryon XIV.148–151

  Gethsemane XIX.34–35

  Giacomo da Lentini XV.46–57

  Giotto XV.107

  giustizia and pietà, occurring together XI.37–45

  gloria, various meanings of XI.97–98

  Golden Age XXII.148–154; XXVIII.142–144

  golden bough I.133–136

  golden calf II.118–121

  golden mean XXII.49–51

  green as color of hope III.131–135

  Gregory the Great (pope) III.139; X.73–93

  griffin, meaning of XXIX.108

  Guido da Montefeltro XIV.52–54; XV.118–123; XX.85–90

  Guinizzelli, Guido XVIII.17–18; XXIV.49–51

  Guittone d’Arezzo XI.97–98

  “hallelujah,” as found in Apocalypse XXX.13–15

  hand signals III.101–102

  hapax VII.21

  Harpies (Aeneid III) XIX.31–33

  Henry VII, emperor VI.97–102; VII.95–96; IX.109; XVI.79–81; XVI.100–102; XX.15; XXXIII.43–45

  “hermaphrodite,” as meaning heterosexual XXVI.82

  Herse XIV.37–42

  Homer XIX.22–24; XXI.82–93

  homosexuality IX.25–27; XXVI.40

  Hopkins, Gerard Manley X.138

  Horace XIV.82–84; XXII.97–108

  Hosanna (Hebrew word) XXIX.47–51

  Hugh of St. Victor XXXI.47–54

  humility I.94–99

  Hypsipyle XXII.109–114

  imaginativa (fantasia) XVII.13–18; XVII.25; XVIII.22–27

  imperial authority XVI.106–108

  incubus XI.27

  intellect, correction and perfection of XXVII.139–141

  intellectual parity of the saved XXI.33

  interjections, as not translatable XI.11

  invocations I.7–12

  irony XII.100–108

  Isidore of Seville XI.11; XV.106–114; XIX.22–24

  Italy, political condition of VI.13–24; XX.46–48

  Itys XVII.21

  Jesus, transfiguration of XXXII.73–84

  Jocasta XXII.55–63

  John of Damascus XIV.82–84

  John of Salisbury XV.94–105; XIX.106–114

  John the Baptist XXXII.43–48

  John the Divine XV.124–126; XXIX.143–144

  Josephus XXIII.25–30

  Jove (Jupiter) VI.118–123; IX.28–30

  justice X.94–96

  Justinian VI.88–89

  Juvenal XXI.88; XXII.10–18

  keys of St. Peter IX.117–126

  kingdom, purgatory as I.4–6

  Knights Templars XX.91–93

  Lady Philosophy XXXI.133–138

  Lazarus XXXII.73–84

  literal sense of poem as historical XXIX.105

  Lot’s wife IX.131–132; X.1–6

  love:

  as central concern of this cantica XVIII.49–75

  color of, red or white? XIX.10–15

  three wrong forms purged on the mountain XVII.93–96

  Lucy, St. IX.55

  malizia (malice) XVI.53–63

  Manfred:

  as David, Roland, Marcellus, Deiphobus III.107–108

  bearing marks of Christ and of Cain III.111

  Manto XXII.109–114

  Marco Polo I.22–24; VIII.85–93

  marriages, unhappy XXIV.13–15

  marrying in heaven? XIX.136–138

  Mars (planet) II.13–18

  martyrdom XV.106–114

  martyrs, scars of III.107–108

  Mary Magdalen XXI.130–136

  Matelda:

  interaction with others in Eden? XXXIII.128–135

  nature of her affection for Dante XXVIII.43–48; XXIX.1–3

  Mercury (the god) XIV.37–42; XIV.139

  messo (angel) XV.28–33

  mezzo, as middle zone of air I.14–18

  Michael (archangel) V.104–108; XIV.37–42

  Michelangelo X.31–33

  midpoint of the poem XVI.1–7; XVII.118–119

  Miserere (first word of Psalm 50) XXIII.42–48

  moderno XVI.41–42

  moles, partial sight in XVII.1–9

  Musaeus VII.40

  Muses I.7–12

  myrtle, as poetic crown XXI.90

  naming formulae III.112

  Nero (emperor) XXII.82–87

  Nicodemus, Gospel of XXXII.51

  northern hemisphere as “widowed” I.26

  Oedipus XXI.82–93; XXII.55–63; XXXIII.46–51

  olive branch (in Aeneid) II.70–74

  ombra, as exegetical term XXI.10–14

  omo, as read in human faces XXIII.32–33

  organs (musical instruments) in Dante’s time IX.139–145

  Orosius XX.116–117; XXII.82–87

  Orpheus IX.131–132; X.1–6

  P’s on Dante’s forehead unique? IX.112; XXI.22–24; XXII.1–6

  pagans saved in the Commedia X.73–93

  Palinurus III.130; V.91–93; VI.28–33

  parables of Jesus XVIII.28–33

  parere (as “seem” or “appear”) XV.85–114

  pastorella (genre of poetry) XXVIII.43–48

  Paul, St. XXVII.25–27; XXXII.72; XXXIII.142–145

  “pedagogue,” role in ancient Greece XII.1–3

  penitence, self-judged XXI.61–66

  penitents, various movements of XVIII.89–90

  Peraldus XII.13–15

  Peter, St. IX.117–126; XXII.64–66

  Petrarch XIX.106–114

  Phaeton IV.67–75

  phantasy (see imaginativa)

  Philip IV of France XX.85–90; XX.94–96; XXXII.148–160; XXXIII.16–18

  Philomel and Procne IX.13–15; XVII.19–20

  piacere as “beauty” XXXI.47–54

  Pier delle Vigne VI.19–24

  pilgrimage II.10–12; II.63

  Plato:

  Phaedrus XXXII.9

  plurality of souls in IV.1–15

  playfulness, poetic XV.1–6; XXXII.64–69

  plenitudo temporis (fullness of time) XVI.106–108

  Poliziano XXII.67–73

  Polynices XXII.55–63

  Pompey XV.107; XX.116–117

  Pontius Pilate XX.85–90

  possible intellect, the XXV.62–66

  Praxiteles X.31–33

  prayer IV.133–135; V.89–90; XVIII.103

  Pride, as root sin XII.121–123

  Prodigality, mainly absent from terrace of Avarice XXII.52–54

  Profacius I.19–21

  propagginazione XXVII.13–15

  prophecy of DXV XXXIII.43–45

  Proust, Marcel XIV.4–6

  Ptolemy VIII.85–93

  purgatory:

  history of I.4–6

  narrow entrance to X.7–16

  pains of X.106–111


  Pylades XIII.31–33

  quadrant IV.41–42

  republic (Roman) IX.133–138; XX.25–30; XXII.145–147

  rivers of Eden XXVIII.127–132; XXXIII.112

  Roman treasury IX.133–138

  Samaritan woman XXI.130–136

  sapphire I.13

  Satan VIII.40–42; VIII.97–102; XIII.61–66; XV.40–45

  satisfaction, owed to God XI.70–72

  Saturn (the god) XXII.70–72

  Saturn (the planet) XIX.1–3

  Scaligeri family XVIII.121–126

  Scipio Africanus XV.107

  secret-Christian topos XXII.90

  self-naming XIX.19

  selva oscura (dark wood) XIV.58–66

  Seneca XVII.55–60

  senso comune and related terms for perception XVII.13–18; XXIX.47–51; XXXII.13–15

  shadow, Dante’s III.16–18; V.4–6

  shadows, south of the equator IV.55–57

  Shakespeare, William X.138

  sheep, double valence of III.79–87

  ship, metaphor of I.1–3

  Sibyl, the XIV.37–42

  similes:

  comparing a thing to itself XXVII.1–5

  “defective” elements in XXVII.76–87

  describing mental experience VII.9–13

  mixture of styles in XXIV.64–74

  relative absence of in terrace of Pride X.130–135

  relative infrequency of classical materials XVIII.91–96

  sin as a wound IX.114; XXV.138–139

  Sinai, Mount II.60

  Sirens XXXI.45

  smiles II.83

  Sordello:

  as foil to Farinata VII.9–13