Summary and Analysis by Canto

Canto I

True Way the way of God.

holy hour dawn.

sweet season of commemoration Easter.

shade the word Dante uses for spirits in Hell.

Lombard a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

Mantuan from Mantua.

sub Julio during the reign of Julius Caesar.

Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) 63 b.c.–14 a.d.; first Roman emperor (27 b.c.–14 a.d.); grandnephew of Julius Caesar.

Troy ancient Phrygian city in Troas, NW Asia Minor; scene of the Trojan War.

the second death a soul's damnation.

King of Time Christ.

Peter's Gate here, the gate to Purgatory.


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