• The name of Orestes is here shouted on account of the proverbial friendship between him and Pylades. When Orestes was condemned to death, Pylades tried to take his place, exclaiming, “I am Orestes.” ↩
• Matthew 5:44:⁠— “But I say unto you. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.” ↩
• See Canto XIV 147 . ↩
• The next stairway leading from the second to the third circle. ↩
• The Litany of All Saints. ↩
• Latian for Italian. ↩