Real
Ilerda
Ilerda is the city recalled by Dante in the Purgatorio as the place where Caesar conducted a military campaign to subjugate it. The name appears in an example of solicitude.
Description
In the Purgatorio, during the terrace of the slothful, two souls who precede the band proclaim examples of solicitude. The verse spoken by Virgil mentions Ilerda as the theater of Caesar's action, who subjugated it. Ilerda is thus evoked in the Divina Commedia exclusively in relation to this campaign of Caesar, presented as an example of alacrity opposed to sloth. The terrace in which the name recurs is animated by rapid and dense images, and the historical reference fits into this series of exempla aimed at spurring the souls to run toward the good.
In the text
Linked verses
1 verses| Cantica | Canto | Verso | Testo | Open verse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purgatory | Canto XVIII | 101 | e Cesare, per soggiogare Ilerda, | Open verse |