Calcabrinais one of thedemonsfeatured inInferno,the first canticle ofDante Alighieri'sDivine Comedy.Calcabrina's name is possibly meant to mean "grace-stomper" or "frost trampler."[1][2]
In Dante'sDivine Comedy
editCalcabrina is a member of theMalebranche,a group of demons whose mission is to guard the fifth bolgia of the eighth circle of hell, theMalebolge,where grafters are punished. He is one of the ten devils that escorts Dante andVirgilthrough Malebolge by orders of the leader of Malebranche, the demonMalacoda.[3]
The most notable mention of Calcabrina is whenAlichino,a fellow demon, falls for the escape plan attempted byBonturo Dati,one of the grafters punished in the bolgia.[4]Calcabrina then decides to fly after the escaping sinner and ends up fighting withAlichino,who is also in pursuit, only for them to both fall into the boiling pitch.[1]
References
edit- ^abThe Dante encyclopedia.Richard H. Lansing, Teodolinda Barolini. New York: Garland Pub. 2000.ISBN978-0-203-83447-3.OCLC680038637.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: others (link) - ^Crisafulli, Edoardo (2001-11-08)."The adequate translation as a methodological tool: Dante's onomastic wordplay in English".Target. International Journal of Translation Studies.13(1): 1–28.doi:10.1075/target.13.1.02cri.ISSN0924-1884.
- ^Dante Alighieri,Inferno21.118.
- ^Dante Alighieri,Inferno22.133-141, trans. Robert M. Durling and Ronald L. Martinez: "Trample Frost, angered by the trick, was flying just behind him, hoping the soul would escape, eager to have a scrap; and when the barrator had disappeared, he turned his talons against his fellow, and grappled with him above the ditch."