![]() ![]() According to Vittorio Sermonti, a scholar dedicated to the study of the Comedy, the hypothesis that this Ciacco is the poet Ciacco dell'Anguillara is not true. ![]() Giovanni Boccaccio makes of Ciacco eighth story of the ninth day of the Decameron, describing him as "the most gluttonous fellow that ever lived." However, the reference to Ciacco's name is somewhat ambiguous: he is referred to as the man "whom everyone called Ciacco." It is hard to say if Boccaccio had sources for his writings aside from Dante, because this name has not been found in literature before Dante. This way introducing himself allows us to interpret it in various ways, but one of the oldest commentators of the Comedy suggests a derogatory nature of this name: "Ciacco is said to be a pig's name, hence he was called this way for his gluttony." ![]() Led by his beloved Beatrice, he enters Paradise, to profess his faith, hope, and love before the Heavenly court. I, as thou seest, am battered by this rain." Illustrations by Gustave Doré In this, the concluding volume of The Divine Comedy, Dante ascends from the devastation of the Inferno and the trials of Purgatory. Buy Divine Comedy, Inferno by Gustave Dor as a wall art print at Posterlounge: Many materials & sizes available Picture frames with framing service. "Ye citizens were wont to call me Ciacco ![]()
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