Dante, Inferno
Gomita in the Navarrese Account
Asked whether he knows an Italian among his companions, the Navarrese captive names Gomita of Gallura. He says that Gomita held his master’s enemies and accepted money to release them. The same speaker describes Gomita’s companionship with Michael Zanche and their continual conversation about Sardinia. These are reported allegations in the poem, not an eyewitness scene of Gomita’s earlier administration.
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The encounter
LiteraryAsked whether he knows an Italian among his companions, the Navarrese captive names Gomita of Gallura. He says that Gomita held his master’s enemies and accepted money to release them.
Further detail
LiteraryThe same speaker describes Gomita’s companionship with Michael Zanche and their continual conversation about Sardinia. These are reported allegations in the poem, not an eyewitness scene of Gomita’s earlier administration.
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
It was the fair Gomita," he rejoin'd, " He of Gallura, vessel of all guile, Who had his master's enemies in hand, And used them soOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 150
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-P0150
- Original scan leaf
- 157
- Recorded leaf number
- 157
- Current Reader position
- 150
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
Dante's Inferno
Money he took, and them at large dismiss'd ; So he reports ; and in each other charge Committed to his keeping play'd the part OfOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 150
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-P0150
- Original scan leaf
- 157
- Recorded leaf number
- 157
- Current Reader position
- 150
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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