Authors: Dante
Olympus,
XXIV.15
Omberto,
XI.67
Orestes,
XIII.32
Oriaco,
V.50
Orso, Count,
VI.19
Ottokar,
VII.100
Paduans,
V.75
Pagani,
XIV.118
Pallas,
XII.31
Parnassus,
XXII.65
;
XXVIII.141
;
XXXI.141
Pasiphaë,
XXVI.41
Pedro III of Aragon,
VII.112
Pelorus,
XIV.32
Persius,
XXII.100
Peter,
IX.127
;
XIII.51
;
XIX.99
;
XXI.54
;
XXII.63
;
XXIX.142
;
XXXII.76
Philip III,
VII.103
Philip IV,
VII.109
;
XX.91
;
XXXII.152
;
XXXIII.45
Philips (kings of France),
XX.50
Philomel,
IX.15
Pia (de’ Tolomei),
V.133
Piccarda (Donati),
XXIV.10
Pier de la Brosse,
VI.22
Pier Pettinaio,
XIII.128
Pier Traversaro,
XIV.98
Pierus (see
Magpies
)
Pietola,
XVIII.83
Pilate,
XX.91
Pisa,
VI.17
Pisistratus,
XV.101
Plato,
III.43
Plautus,
XXII.98
Polycletus,
X.32
Polydorus,
XX.115
Polymnestor,
XX.115
Polynices,
XXII.56
Ponthieu,
XX.66
Poseidon,
XV.98
Pratomagno,
V.116
Proserpina,
XXVIII.50
Provenzan Salvani,
XI.121
Pygmalion,
XX.103
Pylades,
XIII.32
Rachel,
XXVII.104
Rehoboam,
XII.46
Reno,
XIV.92
Rinieri,
XIV.88
Riphean mountains,
XXVI.43
Robert (King of France),
XX.59
Romagnoles,
XIV.99
Rubaconte,
XII.102
Rudolph (emperor),
VII.94
Samaritan,
XXI.3
San Leo,
IV.25
San Miniato,
XII.101
Santafiora,
VI.111
San Zeno,
XVIII.118
Sapia,
XIII.109
Sapphira,
XX.112
Saracen,
XXIII.103
Sardinia,
XXIII.94
Sardinians,
XVIII.81
Saturn,
XIX.3
Saul,
XII.40
Scipio,
XXIX.116
Sennacherib,
XII.53
Sestos,
XXVIII.74
Sestri,
XIX.100
Shinar,
XII.36
Sicily,
III.116
Sienese,
XI.65
Simonides,
XXII.107
Skyros,
IX.37
Slavonian,
XXX.87
Sodom,
XXVI.40
Sordello,
VI.74
;
VII.3
;
VIII.38
;
IX.58
Spain,
XVIII.102
Sphinx,
XXXIII.47
Statius,
XXI.10
;
XXII.25
;
XXIV.119
;
XXV.29
;
XXVII.47
;
XXXII.29
;
XXXIII.134
Syrinx,
XXXII.65
Talamone,
XIII.152
Tarpea,
IX.137
Terence,
XXII.97
Thaumas,
XXI.50
Thebans,
XVIII.93
Themis,
XXXIII.47
Theseus,
XXIV.123
Thisbe,
XXVII.37
Thoas,
XXVI.95
Thomas,
XX.69
Thymbraeus,
XII.31
Tigris,
XXXIII.112
Tiresias,
XXII.113
Tithonus,
IX.1
Titus,
XXI.82
Tomyris,
XII.56
Toulousan,
XXI.89
Tours,
XXIV.23
Trajan (emperor),
X.76
Traversaro,
XIV.107
Trojans,
XVIII.136
Troy,
XII.61
Turbia,
III.49
Tuscan (dialect),
XVI.137
Tuscany,
XI.110
;
XIII.149
;
XIV.16
Ubaldin de la Pila,
XXIV.29
Ugolin d’Azzo,
XIV.105
Ugolin de’ Fantolin,
XIV.121
Ulysses,
XIX.22
Urania,
XXIX.41
Utica,
I.74
Val di Magra,
VIII.116
Varro,
XXII.98
Verde,
III.131
Verona,
XVIII.118
Wenceslaus,
VII.101
William, the Marquis,
VII.134
Xerxes,
XXVIII.71
Zion,
IV.68
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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