Vanni Fucci and Laocoon: Servius as Possible Intermediary Between Vergil and Dante

That Dante in his depiction of the seventh bolgia of Circle Eight (Inferno 24-25) was particularly reliant upon the Aeneid for plot materials and classical analogies is indicated by the poet's inclusion of Cacus among Vanni Fucci's tormentors: another figure of murderous bestiality, like h...

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Authors: Gibaldi, Joseph (Author) ; LaFleur, Richard A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1976
In: Traditio
Year: 1976, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 386-397
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