QUELLA TERRA
CHE 'L DANUBIO
RIGA
The reception of Dante's Divine Comedy in Hungary
CONSIDERATE LA VOSTRA
SEMENZA:
FATTI NON
FOSTE PER VIVER COME BRUTI
MA PER SEGUIR VIRTUTE E
CANOSCENZA
SEMENZA:
FATTI NON
FOSTE PER VIVER COME BRUTI
MA PER SEGUIR VIRTUTE E
CANOSCENZA
Divine Comedy, Inferno, canto XXVI, verses 118-120
It is a didactic-allegorical poem, written in the Florentine vernacular, constructed in a structure of chained tercets of endecasyllables.
Several scholars agree that it was written between the dates 1304 and 1306-7.
It tells of the poet-protagonist's journey through the three realms of the Underworld, guided first by the Roman poet Virgil (who leads him through Hell and Purgatory) and then by his sweet beloved Beatrice (who accompanies him into Paradise).
Several scholars agree that it was written between the dates 1304 and 1306-7.
It tells of the poet-protagonist's journey through the three realms of the Underworld, guided first by the Roman poet Virgil (who leads him through Hell and Purgatory) and then by his sweet beloved Beatrice (who accompanies him into Paradise).
what is the DIVINE COMMEDIA?
The original title of the text is Commedia, while it was the Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio who called it Divina because of the extraordinary beauty of the composition and its particular theme of Dante's journey.
The work, divided into three parts (called 'cantiche'), each of which is composed of 33 cantos - plus an additional introductory canto - sets out to describe the condition of souls after death, but it is also an allegory of the path of purification that every man must take in this life to obtain eternal salvation and escape damnation. It is also a courageous and heartfelt denunciation against the evils of Dante's time, especially against ecclesiastical corruption and the abuses of political power in the name of justice.
The Comedy in Numbers
01
3
Cantiche
Cantiche
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
02
100
Canti
Canti
33 cantos for each cantica, plus an introductory at the beginning
03
14233
Verses
Verses
in total
04
11
Syllables per sentence
Syllables per sentence
endecasyllabic verse
The Divine Comedy in Hungary
The translations
01
Babits Mihály and the translation of the Comdey
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