Dante, Inferno
Horace in Dante’s Limbo
Virgil identifies the second of the approaching poets as Flaccus and praises his excellence in satire. Cary’s text uses this name for Horace within the group led by Homer. The poets share the designation by which Virgil has just been welcomed. Their common vocation gives the meeting its form, and Dante is received into the assembled band.
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The encounter
LiteraryVirgil identifies the second of the approaching poets as Flaccus and praises his excellence in satire. Cary’s text uses this name for Horace within the group led by Homer.
Further detail
LiteraryThe poets share the designation by which Virgil has just been welcomed. Their common vocation gives the meeting its form, and Dante is received into the assembled band.
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
Flaccus, the next, in satire's vein excelling; The third is Naso; Lucan is the last. Because they all that appellation own, With which the voice singlyOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 33
Passage read against the exact edition’s extracted canto text; whitespace normalised and original-leaf mapping checked. Plate art separately visually inspected.
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- IMJ-0082-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0082-E001-P0033
- Original scan leaf
- 40
- Recorded leaf number
- 40
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- 33
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Source 2
Dante's Inferno
they all that appellation own, With which the voice singly accosted me, Honoring they greet me thus, and well they judge." So I beheld united theOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 33
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-P0033
- Original scan leaf
- 40
- Recorded leaf number
- 40
- Current Reader position
- 33
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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Homer in the Company of Poets
The supreme poet who leads the classical company greeting Virgil in Limbo.
Shared source pageLucan in Dante’s Limbo
The last poet named in the classical company that welcomes Dante as a sixth member.
Shared source pageOvid in Dante’s Limbo
The poet named Naso, standing third in the company that receives Dante.
Shared source pageLimbo in the First Circle
The first circle, where worthy souls endure desire without hope of blessedness.