Dante, Inferno
Ruggieri in Ugolino’s Accusation
Ugolino identifies the head beneath his own as Archbishop Ruggieri’s and attributes his imprisonment to the man in whom he placed trust. The reader receives that charge through Ugolino’s speech. In the dream reported before the food ceases, a master of the hunt pursues a wolf and its whelps with named companions. The dream connects the approaching catastrophe to a threatening chase.
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The encounter
LiteraryUgolino identifies the head beneath his own as Archbishop Ruggieri’s and attributes his imprisonment to the man in whom he placed trust. The reader receives that charge through Ugolino’s speech.
Further detail
LiteraryIn the dream reported before the food ceases, a master of the hunt pursues a wolf and its whelps with named companions. The dream connects the approaching catastrophe to a threatening chase.
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
Ruggieri. He next discourses of the third round, called Ptolomea, wherein those are punished who have betrayed others under the semblance of kindness ; and amongOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 223
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-P0223
- Original scan leaf
- 230
- Recorded leaf number
- 230
- Current Reader position
- 223
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
Source 2
Dante's Inferno
master of the sport, Rode forth to chase the gaunt wolf, and his whelps, Unto the mountain which forbids the sight Of Lucca to the Pisan.Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Dante’s Inferno, Cary translation; active reader leaf 226
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-P0226
- Original scan leaf
- 233
- Recorded leaf number
- 233
- Current Reader position
- 226
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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Ugolino’s Account of Hunger
The speaker who pauses his revenge to recount the confinement and deaths of his children.
Shared source pagePtolomea and Premature Descent
The frozen round where Alberigo claims a soul can arrive before its body dies.
Shared source pageThe Tower of Famine
The remembered place of confinement within Ugolino’s speech in the frozen circle.
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The speaker who requests relief from the ice over his eyes but does not receive it.