Dante's Divine Comedy: Purgatorio
Purgatorio
Having escaped from Hell, Dante and Virgil arrive on the shores of Mount Purgatory and begin clambering up the rock face until they reach the two terraces of Ante-Purgatory, where souls not yet satisfactorily reconciled with God must wait to begin their ascent. The angelic guardian of Peter's Gate, the entrance to Purgatory, marks Dante's forehead with seven Ps, one for each capital sin, before the poets wend their way up the northern side of the mountain into the seven terraces purging Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Covetousness, Gluttony and Lust. Once all his markings have been wiped away by the sweep of angel wings, Dante is able to scale the summit and finds himself in the Earthly Paradise. Reunited with Beatrice, he prepares to enter Paradise.
Contents
| Canto | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush. | jump |
| II | The Celestial Pilot. Casella. The Departure. | jump |
| III | Discourse on the Limits of Reason. The Foot of the Mountain. Those who died in Contumacy of Holy Church. Manfredi. | jump |
| IV | Farther Ascent. Nature of the Mountain. The Negligent, who postponed Repentance till the last Hour. Belacqua. | jump |
| V | Those who died by Violence, but repentant. Buonconte di Monfeltro. La Pia. | jump |
| VI | Dante's Inquiry on Prayers for the Dead. Sordello. Italy.’ | jump |
| VII | The Valley of Flowers. Negligent Princes. | jump |
| VIII | The Guardian Angels and the Serpent. Nino di Gallura. The Three Stars. Currado Malaspina. | jump |
| IX | Dante's Dream of the Eagle. The Gate of Purgatory and the Angel. Seven Ps. The Keys. | jump |
| X | The Needle's Eye. The First Circle: The Proud. The Sculptures on the Wall. | jump |
| XI | The Humble Prayer. Omberto di Santafiore. Oderisi d' Agobbio. Provenzan Salvani. | jump |
| XII | The Sculptures on the Pavement. Ascent to the Second Circle. | jump |
| XIII | The Second Circle: The Envious. Sapia of Siena. | jump |
| XIV | Guido del Duca and Renier da Calboli. Cities of the Arno Valley. Denunciation of Stubbornness. | jump |
| XV | The Third Circle: The Irascible. Dante's Visions. The Smoke. | jump |
| XVI | Marco Lombardo. Lament over the State of the World. | jump |
| XVII | Dante's Dream of Anger. The Fourth Circle: The Slothful. Virgil's Discourse of Love. | jump |
| XVIII | Virgil further discourses of Love and Free Will. The Abbot of San Zeno. | jump |
| XIX | Dante's Dream of the Siren. The Fifth Circle: The Avaricious and Prodigal. Pope Adrian V. | jump |
| XX | Hugh Capet. Corruption of the French Crown. Prophecy of the Abduction of Pope Boniface VIII and the Sacrilege of Philip the Fair. The Earthquake. | jump |
| XXI | The Poet Statius. Praise of Virgil. | jump |
| XXII | Statius' Denunciation of Avarice. The Sixth Circle: The Gluttonous. The Mystic Tree. | jump |
| XXIII | Forese. Reproof of immodest Florentine Women. | jump |
| XXIV | Buonagiunta da Lucca. Pope Martin IV, and others. Inquiry into the State of Poetry. | jump |
| XXV | Discourse of Statius on Generation. The Seventh Circle: The Wanton. | jump |
| XXVI | Sodomites. Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello. | jump |
| XXVII | The Wall of Fire and the Angel of God. Dante's Sleep upon the Stairway, and his Dream of Leah and Rachel. Arrival at the Terrestrial Paradise. | jump |
| XXVIII | The River Lethe. Matilda. The Nature of the Terrestrial Paradise. | jump |
| XXIX | The Triumph of the Church. | jump |
| XXX | Virgil's Departure. Beatrice. Dante's Shame. | jump |
| XXXI | Reproaches of Beatrice and Confession of Dante. The Passage of Lethe. The Seven Virtues. The Griffon. | jump |
| XXXII | The Tree of Knowledge. Allegory of the Chariot. | jump |
| XXXIII | Lament over the State of the Church. Final Reproaches of Beatrice. The River Eunoe. | jump |
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