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

Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid allusion Anchises appear Arachne authority Beatrice become beginning body Book Cacciaguida called canto Christian comes Commedia context contrast course Dante Dante's death described desire Dido discussion divine epic essay eternal Europa exile experience fact father figure final follows future gods hand Harpies heaven human important Inferno Italy journey Jupiter light lines literary look Manto marvel meaning Metamorphoses mortal narrative offers once opening original Ovid Ovid's Ovidian Paradiso passage phrase pietà pietas pilgrim poem poet poetic poetry present Purg Purgatorio question reader recalls reference remains represent Roman seems seen sense souls speaks speech spiritual Statius story suggest takes tells things tion Tiresias transformation translation truth turns Virgil Virgilian vision wayfarer