Index of Subjects Treated in the Notes
INDEX OF SUBJECTS TREATED IN NOTES
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.
Achilles, lance of XXXI.1–6
addresses to the reader VIII.94–96
aleppe (Hebrew “aleph”) VII.1
aliger (wingèd), D. as XXVI.1–3
Alypius (in Confessions) XXIX.1–3
angels, neutral III.37–39
anger, three kinds of VII.109–114
anger, incontinent/willful XII.16–21; XII.33
ape as mimic XXIX.136–139
Apostolici (Apostolic Brethren) XXVIII.55–60
apostrophe (direct address) VIII.94–96
autorità (authority) IV.113
avarice (in the Aeneid) VII.25–30
Babel, Tower of XXXI.70–81
Baptistry, D.’s deed in XIX.16–21
barking (creatures in hell) V.4–5
Boethius VII.62–96
book, words for I.84
brigata spendereccia XIII.109–126; XXIX.124–135
brows (as locus of Pride) X.45; XXXIV.35
Cacus, as centaur XXV.19–33
canto, canzone, cantica XX.1–3
cantos, “connected” XIII.1–3; XV.1–3
cantos, lengths of VI.28–32
captatio benevolentiae II.58; II.109–114; V.88; XXIX.85–90; XXXI.125–132
catalogues of sinners V.58–67
Celestine V, Boniface’s view XXVII.103–105
chaos (Empedocles’ theory) XII.40–45
Cherub guarding empty Eden XXVIII.37–40
Christ as “Good Shepherd” XXI. 34–36
Christ as “Man of Sorrows” X.33
Christ’s descent into hell IV.52–54
city, hell as III.1–3
color (in Virgil’s face) IX.1–3
colors (rhetorical) III.10
comedy (and see “tragedy”) I.86–87; IV.88–90; XVI.124–132; XX.130; XXI.1–3; XXXIV.139
conception possible to poet II.7–9; XXXII.1–9
confusion of tongues XXXI.70–81
Constantine, Donation of XIX.115–117; XXVII.94–97
contrapasso III.52–57; XXVIII.142
cord worn by D. I.32–34; XVI.106–108
crossing rivers, problems of III.136; XII.114–115
Daedalus XXIX.109–120
D. as author/narrator IV.145–147
D. as Old Testament prophet XVI.76
D. as soldier at war XII.75; XXI.95
date of poem’s composition VIII.1; XIX.79–87; XXI.112–114; XXVII.76–81
Deiphobus disfigured XXVIII.65
demonic resistance VII.1
Dite (see “king of hell”)
doves, “program” of V.82–84
dreams, truth of at morning XXVI.7
dying to sin XXXIV.22–27
“Ecce homo” parodied XVII.1–3; XXXIV.20–21
Empedocles (see “chaos”)
entry into Dis as military campaign IX.106
epic I.1; IV.86; IV.95–96; XXVI.90–93; XXVIII.7–21
eternal and sempiternal III.7–8
exemplarity V.46–49
fable (vs. history) XVI.124–132; XXIX.58–66
fame as motivation XXIV.49–51
“five words w. understanding” VII.1; XXXI.67
forgery, varieties of XXIX.37–39
Fortuna as “Angel of Earth” VII.62–96
“foundation myth” of sin XIV.94–102; XXXIV.121–126
Francis and the black Cherub XXVII.112–114
frati gaudenti (Jovial Friars) XXIII.103
fraudulent counsel XXVII.116
friendship, spiritual II.61
future (known to the damned) X.100–108
gate of hell as triumphal arch III.1–9
Ghibelline views (D.’s) II.20–21
Ghibellinism (when Godless) X.89–93; XIII.73–75
giants, size of XXX.58–66; XXXIV.30–31
golden age (see “foundation myth”)
“golden mean” (Aristotle) VII.25–30
Guittone d’Arezzo XXVIII.7–21
harrowing of hell IV.46–51; VIII.121–126
heavenly disregard for sin II.85–93; IX.100–103
Hebrews harrowed from hell IV.55–61
hell, as mouth XXXI.142–143
heresy as sin of will IX.127–131
Holy Spirit, spiration of XIX.25; XXXIII.106–108; XXXIV.4–7
honorific voi as “You” X.49–51
“humanism” of D. IV.13
indignation, righteous VIII.40–45; IX.33; XXXIII.148–150
Inferno, measurement of XXIX.8–9; XXX.82–87
interpolations in narrative VIII.1
invocations II.7–9; X.59; XXXII.10–12
Jason, referred to in Par. XVIII.86–96
Judas, Pier delle Vigne as XIII.73–75
justice III.4
king of hell (Dite) VIII.68; XXXIV.20–21
Latin in Inferno XXXIV.1
latino (meaning “Italian”) XXII.64–66
Limbo, population of IV.30; IV.102
Manto, bilocation of XX.52–56
Maundy Thursday I.11
Mercury (as intercessor) IX.85
Michael (archangel) VII.10–12; IX.85
miles gloriosus (Capaneus) XIV.51–60
monsters, functions of XII.16–21
music of the devil XXI.136–139
musical instruments XXX.49–51
Narcissus “program” XXX.126–129
narrative details added XVI.106–108; XX.127–129
Nebuchadnezzar, dream of XIV.103–111
nova progenies (Virgilian) VIII.128–130
Orpheus (Linus and Musaeus) IV.140–141
pagan poets, rivalry with XXV.94–102
pagans, salvation of IV.46–51; IV.62–63
Paul, St., authority of II.28; XXXI.67
Paul, St., Visio Pauli III.34–36
periphrasis (circumlocution) V.61–62
petrose (D’s “stony rhymes”) XXXII.1–9; XXXII.87–112
Phlegra, battle of XIV.58; XXXI.97–105; XXXIV.121–126
phoenix XXIV.107–111
physical laws of hell VI.34–36; XXXIV.8–9
pity and fear, cycles of II.4–5; III.24; V.142; X.125; XIII.82–84; XX.19–24; XXXIII.79–90
podestà, office of XXIII.104–108
Pompey (Sextus Pompeius) IX.19–27
popes in afterworld VII.46–48
poverty (St. Francis) VII.38–39
prologue to Inferno II.1–6
prophecies, “historical” I.100–105
prophecies, “personal” VI.64–66
registrare (write in a book) XXIX.54–57
ridda (a dance) VII.24
rightward turnings IX.132
river crossings (see “crossing”)
Rome in Jubilee Year XVIII.28–33
ruina (made at Crucifixion) V.34; XII.32; XXIV.22–24
Satan, imitating Crucifixion XXXIV.37–38
Scipio Africanus XXXI.115–124
similes:
at beginning of cantos XXII.1–12
categorized I.22–27
drawn from mental experience XXX.136–141
lengths of XVI.94–105
simony XIX.1–6
sin and placement in hell V.61; VIII.46; XXV.13–15
sinners speaking in unison XVI.82–85
sins:
of Fraud, space allowed XVIII.1–18
of malizia XI.22–27
of matta bestialitade XI.76–90
of will (and not appetite) VIII.78
Sisyphus VII.25–30
smarrito (referring to D.) X.125
speech:
garbled XXXI.67
least present in a canto XXV.34–36
most present in a canto II.10
starvation, days necessary XXXIII.75
stoic restraint X.73–75; XXXIII.49
styles:
doctrine of the styles I.86–87; II.56–57
mix of high and low XXIV.1–21; XXIX.73–84
“sympathetic sinners” V.109–117; XIII.73–75; XXVI.55–57; XXXIII.4–6
synaesthesia V.28
tears, of Rachel II.116
tenzone (literary genre) VIII.31–39; XXX.100–103; XXX.115; XXXII.82–85
Terence, D’s knowledge of IV.88–90; XVIII.133–135
Tesoretto (Brunetto Latini) I.1; XV.50; XV.119
Thebes, city of destruction XXX.1–12
time consumed in journey XXIX.10
tragedy (and see “comedy”) I.86–87; XX.106–114; XXVI.79–84
translatio V.58–67
Trinity III.5–6; XXXIV.39–45
tyrants, D’s view of XII.104; XII.106–111
vendetta (vengeance) XXIX.31–36
verga (magic wand) IX.89–90; XX.40–45
“Vexilla regis prodeunt” XII.38–39; XXXIV.1
viltà (cowardice) III.58–60
Virgil:
as John the Baptist I.122
as mother XXIII.37–45
as Reason? I.67–87; XXI.133–135
failure to have faith IX.7–9
failures as guide VIII.115; XIV.43–45; XXI.63; XXIV.49–51
frequency of citation of III.112–120
leaving D. to himself VIII.106–111; XVII.37–39
limits of authority II.28
parola ornata (ornate words) II.67; XVIII.86–96
previous descent (Erichtho) IX.19–27
protracted silences XXX.37–41
protracted speeches XX.31–39
“reading” D.’s mind XVI.115–123; XXIII.25–30
rebukes of D. III.76–78; XX.25–27; XXX.131–135
spelling of his name I.79
words for him as guide II.140
weeping as D.’s reaction XXXIII.40–42
wheel of Fortune VII.62–96; VII.90
witch of Endor (I Samuel 28) IX.19–27
wolf as avarice VII.8
words found once per cantica XXXI.70–81
wrath (see “anger”)