Ulisse by giulband
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It is noon on Saturday 9 April Dante and Virgilio are in the group of fraudulent advisors where Diomedes and Ulysses appear from a flame with two points, punished here for the deception of the Trojan horse. Ulysses tells Dante and Virgil about the circumstances of his death.
"O frati", dissi "che per cento milia
perigli siete giunti a l’occidente,
a questa tanto picciola vigilia
d’i nostri sensi ch’è del rimanente,
non vogliate negar l’esperienza,
di retro al sol, del mondo sanza gente.
Considerate la vostra semenza:
fatti non foste a viver come bruti,
ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza".
"O brethren," I said "that's one hundred milia
why did you come to the West,
to this much small eve
of our senses which is of the rest,
don't want to deny the experience,
back to the sun, the world without people.
Consider your seed:
you were not made to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge ".
Ulysses should not be in hell but in limbo because he was born before Christ. Perhaps Dante puts it here to underline with admiration the desire for knowledge of man also seen as sin (consider the times in which Dante lived).
Comments (77)
PandaB5
Stunning image - very interesting texture on the large metal being.
marcPoser
I never read Dante's "Divine Comedy." I am too lazy, indeed! But it seems to be highly inspirational for writers and artists; this is what I am seeing there, in this impressive rendering collage. Probably this is more pertinent than we would like to believe!
Koala44
Nice job
madame
Most excellent work !!
guy91600
May be Ulysse had a nice trip, but meanwhile Penelope has aged
Ken _Gilliland Online Now!
outstanding work, really nice
BellaDark
A great depiction again of this amazing work of literature (my favourite). Your images always have so many layers to them. Beautiful work! :)
Kaisoona
Amazing work!
farmerC
Amazing work.
Class work.
hansmar
Highly original and very well made.
imagemaker
wonderful work !!!!
Paulienchen
gefällt mir sehr gut ein schönes Bild
donnena
Glorious image!
anitalee
Excellent
chacornac
Scène géniale, bravo pour cet excellent travail, j'aime bien le cheval de Troie, et la texture d'ulysse
Traumsuse
Absolutly fantastic Picture**
Digital_Dames
very cool work
jclP
excelente compo,et original
g1tip
Outstanding . . . . . very creative work ! ! !
Wolfenshire
That must have taken forever to make, amazing art.
virginiese
Thank you for remembering me this part of the Inferno of Dante ! Great image ! Perfect composition and fire effect ! Bravo !
lizard01
Great composition
Navi
Great compo, nice work :)
efron_241
clearly a lot of work resulting in a special Art work
Stay ok !
midnight_stories
Really excellent art and very creative !
hamletvsclaudius
This is very well done.
nefertiabet
Fantastic composition and art!!!
figharo
Beautifully conceived and executed. A refreshing new approach to a classic theme.
Radar_rad-dude
Most amazing work and fine analysis! Very deep thoughts here!
STEVIEUKWONDER
Exemplary art! So impressive!