Minotauro by giulband

Bryce • Surrealism • posted on May 17, 2020

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It is the night of Saturday 9 April (or 26 March) of 1300, around four in the morning. At the beginning of Canto XII Dante meets the Minotaur and places him to guard the VII Circle of Hell where the violent are punished. .. Pàrtiti, bestia, ché questi non vene ammaestrato dalla tua sorella, ma vassi per veder le vostre pene..." ...e tra 'l piè de la ripa ed essa, in traccia corrien centauri, armati di saette, come solien nel mondo andare a caccia... Io vidi gente sotto infino al ciglio; e 'l gran centauro disse: "E' son tiranni che dier nel sangue e ne l'aver di piglio... .. Pàrtiti, beast, because these are not veins taught by your sister, but I went to see your pains ... " ... and between the foot of the river and it, in trace corrien centauri, armed with thunderbolts, like solien in the world go hunting ... I saw people under the edge; and the great centaur said, "They are tyrants that I will die in my blood and take it ...