Commentary Par XXXIII 64

Benvenuto (DDP Benvenuto.Par.XXXIII.64-66) says that this is a fitting simile, because 'the human mind, weak and infirm, loses the form of its phantasy's vision beneath the heat of the Eternal Sun.' This second comparison is apparently not 'literary' in its inspiration. There is in fact no citation of any text of any kind for this verse among the commentators gathered in the DDP.