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The Exile Foretold — Inferno, Canto 10

· October 10, 2026
The Exile Foretold Inferno 10

Farinata has not moved while Cavalcante rose and fell beside him, and now he picks up the quarrel exactly where it broke off: the art of returning from exile, he tells Dante, is one the pilgrim will soon learn the weight of; then, after a sigh and a defence of the day he saved Florence, … Read more

Farinata degli Uberti — Inferno, Canto 10

· October 10, 2026
Farinata degli Uberti Inferno 10

Inside the walls of Dis the travellers take a narrow path between the rampart and the open tombs, and Dante, who has been holding a question since the circle of the gluttons, gets his answer before he can ask it: a voice comes out of a burning sarcophagus, places him by his Florentine accent, and … Read more