Dante, Inferno
Antenora, the Second Frozen Round
The canto’s argument distinguishes Antenora from the first round and associates it with the conversation concerning Bocca’s fellow sufferers. Dante reaches the encounter after striking an exposed face with his foot. The inhabitant invokes Montaperto and challenges the living visitor’s movement through Antenora. What follows concerns unwanted recognition rather than the welcome for earthly fame offered to other speakers.
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The encounter
LiteraryThe canto’s argument distinguishes Antenora from the first round and associates it with the conversation concerning Bocca’s fellow sufferers. Dante reaches the encounter after striking an exposed face with his foot.
Further detail
LiteraryThe inhabitant invokes Montaperto and challenges the living visitor’s movement through Antenora. What follows concerns unwanted recognition rather than the welcome for earthly fame offered to other speakers.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the supplied Thompson & Thomas edition of H. F. Cary’s translation. It describes Dante’s literary vision, distinguishing its assignments and reported claims from historical biography, other classical traditions and independently established accounts of an afterlife.
Original passages
Source 1
Dante's Inferno
named Antenora, he hears in like manner from Bocca degli Abbati who his fellow-sufferers are. I command rough rhymes and hoarse, to suit That hole ofOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 216
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0082-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0082-E001-P0216
- Original scan leaf
- 223
- Recorded leaf number
- 223
- Current Reader position
- 216
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Source 2
Dante's Inferno
Through Antenora roams, with such force As were past sufferance, wert thou living still ? " " And I am living, to thy joy perchance," WasOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 218
Passage read in the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace-normalised anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Associated plates separately inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0082-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0082-E001-P0218
- Original scan leaf
- 225
- Recorded leaf number
- 225
- Current Reader position
- 218
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Illustrations
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Caina, the First Frozen Round
The first division of the frozen circle, introduced through entangled family figures.
Shared illustrationBocca’s Refusal to Give His Name
The frozen speaker identified by another voice after resisting Dante’s demands.
Same subject and traditionAcheron in Dante’s Journey
The river where the arriving dead assemble for Charon’s crossing.
Same subject and traditionCocytus, the Frozen Lake
The lake of immobilising cold at the bottom of Dante’s Inferno.