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| Commentary Inf XXV 151 |
Francesco de' Cavalcanti (the identification is not certain) who, murdered by inhabitants of the town of Gaville, in the upper Arno valley, was avenged by his relations.
ENDNOTE: TABLE OF METAMORPHOSES, INFERNO XXIV & XXV
| Vanni Fucci | (XXIV.97-120) | serpent bites neck and shoulders from rear | burns to ashes and returns in same nature immediately | resurrection | three comparisons:
o/i phoenix epileptic |
SACRILEGIO: theft of church property |
| Agnello & Cianfa | (XXV.49-78) | six-footed serpent bites head from in front | turn into a new creature of shared nature | mutation | three comparisons:
ivy on tree hot waxes blending burning parchment |
PECULATO: theft of goods commonly held |
| Buoso & Francesco | (XXV.79-141) | four-footed serpent bites belly from front | exchange their natures | transmutation | three comparisons:
lizard in path man in sleep/fever snail's horns |
PLAGIO: theft from fellow men |
For the distinctions made in the column at the far right, see Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theol. II, II, q. 66, a. 6: on aggravated theft, as cited by Filomusi Guelfi (Filo.1911.1), pp. 199-206.