Outhne: Inferno Xxii
OUTHNE: INFERNO XXII
opening simile: the signal for a departure
the unlikely companions start their march
two similes: sinners as dolphins and as frogs
Graffiacane hooks a sinner
Dante explains how he came to know the devils’ names
the other devils urge Rubicante to flay the sinner
Dante asks Virgil to determine the sinner’s identity
Virgil asks him; the sinner says he is from Navarre
Ciampolo’s autobiography
Cirïatto gores Ciampolo; Barbariccia protects him
Virgil wants to know of any Italians in the pitch
Ciampolo mentions a Sardinian neighbor
Libicocco attacks; Draghignazzo threatens
Barbariccia again controls the situation
Virgil insists on having the information he seeks
Ciampolo’s “neighbors”: Fra Gomita and Michel Zanche
Ciampolo observes Farfarello’s evil intent
the “provost,” Barbariccia, restrains Farfarello
Ciampolo’s stratagem, asking space to summon others
dispute between Cagnazzo and Alichino
the fifth address to the reader in this cantica
Ciampolo’s escape, Alichino’s pursuit: simile of wild duck and falcon
Calcabrina and Alichino grapple, fall into the pitch
Barbariccia organizes his two rescue parties
Virgil and Dante make good their escape