The Poetry of Allusion: Virgil and Ovid in Dante’s ‘Commedia’

Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid allegory allusion amor Anchises appear Arachne Arachne's Beatrice Benvenuto Book Brunetto Cacciaguida canto 15 Christ Christian classical Commedia context contrast Dante Dante's Dante's poem Dante's text death described Dido divine epic episode Erysichthon essay eternal Europa Eurydice Eurypylus exile father figure final Freccero Georgics Geryon Glaucus gloss gods Harpies heaven hell Hippolytus human Inferno Jacoff journey Jupiter lament Latin literary Manto Marsyas marvel Matelda Metamorphoses mortal narrative Ocnus Orpheus Orpheus's Ovid Ovid's Ovidian pagan Paradiso Parthenopaeus passage Phaeton phrase Pier della Vigna pietà pietas pilgrim pius poem's poet poet's poeta poetic poetry Polydorus present Purg Purgatorio Purgatorio 30 reader recalls reference Roman sanguis Schnapp seems segno Semele Singleton song souls speech spiritual Statius Statius's story suggest Theb Thebaid tion transformation translation Trojans turns Ulysses verses Virgil Virgil's poem Virgil's text Virgilian Virgilio vision Vita wayfarer words