![]() ![]() According to tradition it was named by its ruler Aeacus-son of Zeus and Aegina, daughter of the river-god Asopus-after his mother. Aegina: A Greek island between Attica and Argolis in the Saronic Gulf.Recited penitentially by prostrate souls on the terrace of greed in Purgatory."Adhaesit pavimento anima mea": ("My soul cleaveth unto the dust.") (Psalm 119:25 118:25 in the Vulgate.).Dante sees the tree in the Garden of Eden which caused the fall of Adam and Eve.Our "first parent", raised by Jesus from Limbo into Paradise.Adam: According to the Bible, the first man created by God.Latin line used to maintain the rhyme scheme with neighboring Latin quotations."Ad vocem tanti senis" ("To the voice of such a great elder").Acre: Ancient city in Western Galilee, it was the last Christian possession in the Holy Land, finally lost in 1291.Statius identifies himself in Purgatory as the author of the Achilleid, an unfinished epic poem on the life of Achilles.His abandonment of Deidamia and his only son, at the urging of Ulysses, to go to the war against Troy.Remembered by Virgil for having been educated by Chiron.An account well known in the Middle Ages has him killed by Paris after having been lured with the promise of Priam's daughter Polyxena. Achilles: The greatest Greek hero in the Trojan War.Formed from the tears of the statue of the Old Man of Crete.Acheron: The mythological Greek underworld river over which Charon ferried souls of the newly dead into Hades.Cited by souls on the terrace of the greedy as an example of greed. ![]() Achan: Ancient Israelite who stole from Jericho during Joshua's conquest. ![]() Bertran de Born compares his fomenting with the "malicious urgings" of Ahithophel.Absalom and Ahithophel: Absalom was the rebellious son of King David who was incited by Ahithophel, the king's councilor.Raised by Jesus from Limbo into Paradise.Abraham the Patriarch: Important biblical figure. ![]() IV, 56.Ībraham Sacrificing Isaac by Laurent de La Hyre, 1650
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