A. S. Kline

In Relation to Boyd

• Harpies
• Trees are referred to as sighing rather than shrieking
• Discussion of Dante dropping the branch and becoming fearful that is not seen in other translations
• “If he had only believed, before, what he had read in my verse, he would not have lifted his hand to you” —Virgil does not specify it is the story of Polydorus he is referring to
• The soul reveals himself as Pier delle Vigne; in other translations his name is never given, but can be inferred from the other information he provides
• Trees are referred to as “knots” while Virgil is prompting the soul to speak about how the souls are imprisoned
• “There it sprouts, like a grain of German wheat, shoots up as a sapling, and then as a wild tree” —these seem to be very specific life stages delegated for the souls
• The two running souls are referred to with their names
• “The wood behind them was filled with black bitch hounds, eager and quick as greyhounds that have slipped the leash” —I am also curious about this return to reference of greyhounds, as one is said to be destined to take down the she-wolf

In Relation to Wilstach

• Harpies are again said to make nests