HONOR 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Athamas, Melicertes, Cinyras
18 Feb 2017
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Xxix (29) 8th circle, 9th pouch: the sowers of scandal and schism. Geri del bello: an unavenged ancestor of dante. Vengeance by relatives (anyone who shares his name) was permitted by law. 10th pouch: the falsifiers: the first group: falsifiers of metals (alchemists) Plagued by scabs, lying on the earth, scratching furiously. They find two italians and ask their stories: griffolino cheated the gullible albero of siena out of a large amount of money by promising to teach him daedalus (flying) Albero had griffolino burned at the stake on the charge of heresy. Alchemy is why griffolino in hell: capocchio. Burned at the stake as an alchemist. Xxx (30) 8th circle, 10th pouch: the falsifiers. Semele, daughter of cadmus, king of thebes: loved by jupiter and borne him bacchus, patron of thebes, juno was incensed with her. Juno took vengeance on thebes by driving athamas, husband of semele"s sister ino to madness.
