In Relation to Boyd

• Format of prose is most noticeably different from the other translations and illustrations are incorporated throughout the Cantos
• Although the text is written in prose, it is divided into sections labeled with the lines that have been translated into the following paragraphs
• “Our life” is written in the collective possessive rather than the individual or personifying “life” that is seen in other translations
• The prose style allows for greater description, but interrupts the metered way of reading that the other translations possess
• Dante directly informs the reader of his intentions to describe what he has witnessed and experienced
• “the fear, that had settled in the lake of my heart” water imagery used in relation to Dante’s fear
• “Always bearing upwards to the right” very specific about the direction in which Dante is headed, this level of detail is not present in other translations
• Leopard portrayed as an obstacle rather than directly aggressive
• Direct reference to “Divine Love”
• Moves directly from encounter with leopard to encounter with lion, not dwelling much on descriptions of the morning
• Lion’s physical appearance is not given much description; focus is instead on the emotions that seem to surround it
• Multiple mentions of the sun and stars
• Dante is the first to engage with Virgil, calling out to him
• Questions if Virgil is “a shadow” rather than inquiring if he is from heaven
• With the exception of the first illustration, the woods seem very sparse. This may be to focus on the other elements (such as the leopard), There appear to be many large rocks and a body of water as well
• Virgil refers to his birth time as “sub Julio through late” and speaks of living under Augustus
• Dante refers to Virgil’s words as a “fountain, that pours out so great a river of speech”, more use of water imagery
• The hound that is to defeat the she-wolf is referred to as a “greyhound”
• Camilla is referred to as “virgin” and Euryalus and Nisus are mentioned by name in addition to Turnus
• Depicts the she-wolf as a product of envy
• Dante refers to Virgil as having “not acknowledged” God
• Additional small paragraph at the end of the Canto where Dante speaks about the day becoming dusk and mentally preparing to begin the journey

Arndt

• Specifies “the sun” at the top of the mountain, rather than “the planet”