Purgatorio (138 page)

This index is meant to help the reader find subjects, treated in the notes, that may not be readily remembered as being related to a particular passage.

abbreviatio
XX.103–105

Acedia
(Sloth) as defined by St. Thomas
XVII.82–87
;
XIX.49–51

Achilles
IX.34–42
;
XXI.82–93

acrostics
XII.25–63

Adam, his years on earth
XXXIII.58–63

Adam and Eve, driven from Eden
IX.82

addresses to the reader
VIII.19–21

advents of Christ
VIII.103–108
;
XXX.8–9

Aeolian harp
XXVIII.19–21

Albertus Magnus
XV.16–24

Alfraganus
VIII.85–93

aliger
(wingèd), D. as
IX.28–30

“allegory of the poets”
IX.70–72

Amata, wrath of
XVII.34–39

Ambrose, St.
IX.139–145

Amphiaraus, as stand-in for Statius
XII.49–51

Anchises
VII.87–90

angelic speech
XV.38–39

angels, two on terrace of Lust
XXVII.10–12
;
XXVII.58

Annunciation
X.34–45
;
X.46–54

Antaeus
XXII.55–63

Antenor, as founder of Padua
V.74

ante-purgatory, periods of waiting
III.139

antiphrasis
(rhetorical trope)
XII.70–72

apprehensiva
(power of perception)
XVIII.22–27

Argus
XXX.103–105
;
XXXII.64–69

Ariosto
XIV.109–110

Aristotle
XV.13–15
;
XVIII.67–69
;
XXI.1
;
XXII.49–51

art, mimetic
X.31–33
;
X.130–135

Astraea
XXII.70–72
;
XXVIII.142–144

Augustine, St.
I.130–132
;
III.107–108
;
VI.148–151
;
IX.139–145
;
XI.11
;
XV.46–57
;
XV.97–99
;
XVI.100–102
;
XXII.40–48
;
XXX.63
;
XXX.85–99
;
XXIX.100–104
;
XXXII.118–123
;
XXXIII.54

Aurora
IX.1–9

Avarice as “root sin”
XX.4–9

Ave, as palindrome of “Eva”
VIII.37–39

Avignon, removal of Church to
XXXII.148–160

Babel, Tower of
XII.34–36

balbus
vs.
planus
XIX.7–9

baptism, rite of
I.124–129

Barbarossa (Frederick I)
XVIII.118–120

Beatitudes, the
XII.110

Beatrice:

as admiral
XXX.43–48
;
XXX.58

as bride
XXX.10–12

as “donna santa e presta”?
XIX.26–27
;
XIX.52–60

as Faith?
XV.77
;
XVIII.46–48

as Marcellus
XXX.21

as Minerva
XXX.31–33

as Theology?
XVIII.70–75

hosanna in praise of
XXX.16–18
;
XXX.19

named 63 times in
Commedia
XV.77

naming self
XIX.19

reproaches of
XXX.118–138
;
XXX.124–126
;
XXXI.25–30

Beckett, Samuel
IV.98–99
;
IV.133–135
;
V.endnote

Bible, vernacularization of
X.1–24

Blacatz
VI.61–63

Boccaccio
XI.94–96
;
XXI.82–93

Boethius
XIV.52–54
;
XIV.148–151
;
XXX.54
;
XXX.63
;
XXXI.45

Bonaventura, St.
XI.135
;
XXV.128

Boniface VIII
XV. 118–123
;
XX.85–90

Brunetto Latini
XVIII.17–18

Byron, Lord
VIII.1–9

Caesar, Julius
I.31
;
VI.124–126
;
IX.133–138
;
XVIII.101–102
;
XX.116–117
;
XXVI.77–78

Calliope
I.7–12

Calypso
XIX.22–24

Campaldino, battle of
V.88

canticum novum
of Apoc. 14:3
XXXII.61–62

cantos, lengths of
XVII.118–119
;
XXXII.1–3
;
XXXIII.136–141

captatio benevolentiae
I.78–84
;
III.73–78
;
XIII.85–93
;
XVI.31–36

Carthage, historiated walls of
X.103–105

Cato of Utica:

as “figure” of Christ
I.71–74

as guardian of entire mountain
I.66

as Moses
I.34–36

as St. Paul
I.118–121

salvation of
I.75

Cavalcanti, Guido
VII.73–78
;
VIII.79–81
;
XIV.14–15
;
XXVIII.43–48

cenno
(sign), various meanings of
XXI.14–15

Charity (as “donna santa e presta”?)
XIX.52–60

Charon’s skiff
II.42
;
II.49–51

Chaucer
XXI.82–93

Christ, last words of
XXIII.72–75

Church Militant
XXXII.19–24
;
XXXII.109–160

Church Triumphant
XXIX.145–150
;
XXXII.19–24

Cicero
XIII.31–33
;
XIX.22–24
;
XX.116–117

cima
as indicating the forehead
XI.91–93

Cino da Pistoia
XXVI.112
;
XXVI.140–147

Circe
XIV.37–42
;
XIX.22–24

Clement, St.
XXII.82–87

Cleopas
XXI.7–9

coinages
III.15

Colonna, Sciarra
XX.85–90

comedy (Christian)
IX.34–42
;
X.67–69
;
XXI.97–99
;
XXX.21
;
XXXIII.10–12

conception necessary to poet
XXIX.37–42

confession
IX.94–102
;
XXXI.10–11
;
XXXI.31–33
;
XXXI.37–39
;
XXXI.58–60

conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter
XX.13–14

Constances, characters in third cantos
III.143

corbel
X.130–135

Croce, Benedetto
XVIII.49–75

Cross, Legend of the Wood of the
XXXII.51

Dante:

as Adam
IX.10–11

as Aeneas
XXXI.70–75

as Augustine
IX.139–145

as David
V.23–24
;
X.65

as drunk
XV.118–123

as Ganymede
IX.22–24

as God’s scribe
XXI.22–24

as Jacob
XXVII.100–108

as lacking in zeal
XVIII.8

as Latin “author”
XXX.17

as Narcissus
XXX.76–78
;
XXX.85–99

as Orpheus
XXX.49–51

as pilgrim
XXXIII.97

as poet and protagonist
XXVIII.43–51

as St. Paul
V.9
;
XVI.41–42
;
XXIX.37–42

as Tuscan
XIV.19

bearded?
XXXI.68

condemned to be burned alive
XXVII.17–18

dreams of
XXX.134

his “fathers”
XVIII.17–18

his name spoken once
XXX.55
;
XXX.63

his pride
XII.7–9
;
XIII.133–138
;
XIV.20–21

nodding
XXXIII.46–51

recognized by certain souls
XXVI.55–66

date of journey
I.19–21
;
II.94–105

David
X.65

Delos, how made stable?
XX.130–132

describing the undescribable
XXXII.64–69

Dido (and Pia de’ Tolomei)
V.135–136

“digression”
VI.73–75

dolce stil novo:

nature of
XXIV.52–54
;

other practitioners of
XXIV.52–54
;
XXIV.55–63
;
XXVI.112

Domitian (emperor)
XXII.64–66
;
XXII.82–87

Donation of Constantine
XXXII.124–129

doves
II.124–132

dreams:

at morning
IX.16–18

formulaic vocabulary of
IX.19
;
XXVII.94–99

state between sleep and waking
XVII.40–45
;
XVIII.141–142

three Purgatorial dreams as “nines”
XVIII.145

eagle, allegories of
IX.20–21

earthly paradise:

as “eighth terrace”
XXIX.61–63
;
XXIX.115–120

weather in
XXVIII.103–120

earthquake at Statius’s completed penance
XXI.40–60

ecstatic vision
XV.85–86

Elysian fields
I.124–129

embraces, program of
II.79–81
;
VI.73–75
;
XXI.130–136

emeralds
VII.73–78

Emmaus, road to
XXI.7–9
;
XXI.130–136

emperor as spiritual guide
XVI.94–96

Envy, livid color of
XIII.8–9

Epicureans
XVIII.34–39

Eteocles
XXII.55–63

Euclid
XV.16–24

exemplarity
XII.13–15

exemplars:

anonymous
XXV.133–135

“informal” presentation of
XXVI.77–78

modes of presentation of
XVIII.99–138

pattern of
X.97–99

reactions of Dante and of Virgil
XV.115–138
;
XV.130–132

Exodus
II.46–48

expiation, on each terrace
X.1–24

falconry
XIX.63–69

families, separated in the afterworld
XXIV.10

fantasy (see
imaginativa
)

Farinata
XIV.14–15

femmina balba
XIX.7–9
;
XIX.16–18

Florus
XX.116–117

France, as enemy of Italy
XX.43–45
;
XX.67–81

Francesca da Rimini
XIV.125
;
XVIII.28–33

Francis, St.
XI.4–6
;
XI.135
;
XXXII.94

frate
, as address
IV.127
;
XIX.133

Frederick II (emperor)
XVI.115–120

free will, pivotal role of
XVIII.70–75

freedom
I.71–74
;
XVI.79–81

galeotto
(helmsman)
II.19–30

gemology
VII.73–78

Geryon
XIV.148–151

Gethsemane
XIX.34–35

Giacomo da Lentini
XV.46–57

Giotto
XV.107

giustizia
and
pietà
, occurring together
XI.37–45

gloria
, various meanings of
XI.97–98

Golden Age
XXII.148–154
;
XXVIII.142–144

golden bough
I.133–136

golden calf
II.118–121

golden mean
XXII.49–51

green as color of hope
III.131–135

Gregory the Great (pope)
III.139
;
X.73–93

griffin, meaning of
XXIX.108

Guido da Montefeltro
XIV.52–54
;
XV.118–123
;
XX.85–90

Guinizzelli, Guido
XVIII.17–18
;
XXIV.49–51

Guittone d’Arezzo
XI.97–98

“hallelujah,” as found in Apocalypse
XXX.13–15

hand signals
III.101–102

hapax
VII.21

Harpies (
Aeneid
III)
XIX.31–33

Henry VII, emperor
VI.97–102
;
VII.95–96
;
IX.109
;
XVI.79–81
;
XVI.100–102
;
XX.15
;
XXXIII.43–45

“hermaphrodite,” as meaning heterosexual
XXVI.82

Herse
XIV.37–42

Homer
XIX.22–24
;
XXI.82–93

homosexuality
IX.25–27
;
XXVI.40

Hopkins, Gerard Manley
X.138

Horace
XIV.82–84
;
XXII.97–108

Hosanna (Hebrew word)
XXIX.47–51

Hugh of St. Victor
XXXI.47–54

humility
I.94–99

Hypsipyle
XXII.109–114

imaginativa (fantasia)
XVII.13–18
;
XVII.25
;
XVIII.22–27

imperial authority
XVI.106–108

incubus
XI.27

intellect, correction and perfection of
XXVII.139–141

intellectual parity of the saved
XXI.33

interjections, as not translatable
XI.11

invocations
I.7–12

irony
XII.100–108

Isidore of Seville
XI.11
;
XV.106–114
;
XIX.22–24

Italy, political condition of
VI.13–24
;
XX.46–48

Itys
XVII.21

Jesus, transfiguration of
XXXII.73–84

Jocasta
XXII.55–63

John of Damascus
XIV.82–84

John of Salisbury
XV.94–105
;
XIX.106–114

John the Baptist
XXXII.43–48

John the Divine
XV.124–126
;
XXIX.143–144

Josephus
XXIII.25–30

Jove (Jupiter)
VI.118–123
;
IX.28–30

justice
X.94–96

Justinian
VI.88–89

Juvenal
XXI.88
;
XXII.10–18

keys of St. Peter
IX.117–126

kingdom, purgatory as
I.4–6

Knights Templars
XX.91–93

Lady Philosophy
XXXI.133–138

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