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Summary of Canto: Inf XVIII |
1-9 Malebolge as castle: wall, moats, bridges, pit 10-18 similes: moats around castles and over-arching bridges 19-21 leftward movement after Geryon has departed 22-25 first ditch: double file of sinners 26-33 simile: bridge in Rome over Tiber during Jubilee Year 34-39 the punishing demons with their whips 40-51 Dante recognizes Venedico Caccianemico 52-63 Venedico's pandering and that of other Bolognesi 64-66 a demon smites him and sends him off 67-74 Dante and Virgil mount to the crown of the bridge 75-78 Virgil: now Dante can watch the other group of sinners 79-99 view of the seducers: Jason 100-108 the second ditch: sound of whining, stench 109-114 to see within, they mount to the bridge's crown 115-126 flattery: Alessio Interminei of Lucca 127-136 flattery: Thaïs the whore; abrupt ending of canto