Bestir Thyself

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And as soon as I had mounted, he said: "Now, Geryon, bestir thyself."

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Artist

Name:
Dargent, Yan'
Dates:
1824-1899
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Marichal
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
La divine comédie
Author:
Alighieri, Dante
Publisher:
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1870
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Description:

Dante and Virgil ride on the back of Geryon depicted as an old and gigantic winged monster with a snake-like tail and paws of a lion. This picture illustrates the following passage:

…And said: “Now, Geryon, bestir thyself;
The circles large, and the descent be little;
Think of the novel burden which thou hast.”
(Inferno, Canto XVII)

The caption reads in the original French: Et aussitôt que je fus placé, il dit : ‘Géryon, tu peux partir.’

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