Statius. ↩

Continuation of the punishment of Gluttony. ↩

Continuing the words with which the preceding canto closes, and referring to Statius. ↩

Piccarda, sister of Forese and Corso Donati. She was a nun of Santa Clara, and is seen by Dante in the first heaven of Paradise, which Forese calls “high Olympus.” See Paradiso III 49, where her story is told more in detail. ↩