Eliodoro

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In Canto XX of Purgatorio Dante includes Eliodoro, in the graphical form «Elïodoro», in the series of examples of punished avarice presented in the terrace of the proud. The verse in question (Pg XX, 113) names him with reference to the «kicks» he received, which spiritual pilgrims are called upon to praise. The authorized notes for the same canto contextualize the passage within a survey of mythical and biblical figures (Pygmalion, Midas) whose lust for gold made them «traitors» and «wretches», and among them Eliodoro indeed appears. No further biographical data, roles, or specifications about the sin emerge from the sources provided, so the entry limits itself to recording the Dantesque mention and the placement within the canto.