Real
Acre
Acri is mentioned by Dante in the Inferno (XXVII 89) as a paradigm of an arduous and never accomplished military enterprise.
Description
In canto XXVII of the Inferno, during the dialogue of Guido da Montefeltro with Dante, the city of Acri is evoked as a term of comparison for an enterprise considered impossible: "e nessun era stato a vincer Acri" (v. 89). The mention is inserted within the damned soul's reflection on the difficulty of overcoming the internal resistances of the mind, compared to a military conquest that no one had ever managed to bring to completion. The verse thus fixes the name of the city as a symbol of unyielding resistance, without further geographical or historical specifications in the Dantesque text.
In the text
Linked verses
1 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inferno | Canto XXVII | 89 | e nessun era stato a vincer Acri | Open verse |