Dante, Inferno
Ciacco and the Divided City
A soul rises from the third circle and asks Dante to recognise him. He names himself Ciacco, recalls their shared city and says that gluttony accounts for his place under the rain. Dante asks about Florence’s divisions, its just inhabitants and the source of conflict. Ciacco predicts bloodshed and reversals between parties, identifying avarice, envy and pride as the sparks that inflame the city.
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The encounter
LiteraryA soul rises from the third circle and asks Dante to recognise him. He names himself Ciacco, recalls their shared city and says that gluttony accounts for his place under the rain.
Further detail
LiteraryDante asks about Florence’s divisions, its just inhabitants and the source of conflict. Ciacco predicts bloodshed and reversals between parties, identifying avarice, envy and pride as the sparks that inflame the city.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows the exact supplied Thompson & Thomas edition of H. F. Cary’s translation. Figures, places and events belong to Dante’s literary vision; their assigned roles are distinguished from historical biography, other classical traditions and independently established descriptions of an afterlife.
Original passages
Source 1
Dante's Inferno
name me Ciacco. For the sin Of gluttony, damned vice, beneath this rain, E'en as thou seest, I with fatigue am worn: Nor I sole spiritOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 50
Passage read against the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace normalised and original-leaf mapping checked. Plate art separately visually inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0082-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0082-E001-P0050
- Original scan leaf
- 57
- Recorded leaf number
- 57
- Current Reader position
- 50
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Source 2
Dante's Inferno
Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On fire." Here ceased the lamentable sound ; And I continued thus : "Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 51
Passage read against the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace normalised and original-leaf mapping checked. Plate art separately visually inspected.
- Edition
- IMJ-0082-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0082-E001-P0051
- Original scan leaf
- 58
- Recorded leaf number
- 58
- Current Reader position
- 51
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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The three-throated guardian among the gluttonous souls beneath ceaseless cold rain.
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