Canto XXX

Canto XXX

8th Circle

Tenth Pouch

SIN

Falsifiers

Counterfeiters

WHO IS THERE??

• Gianni Schicchi

• Myrrha

• Master Adam

• Potiphar's wife

• Sinon the Greek

WHY ARE THEY THERE?

Gianni: inpersonated Buoso Donati, a dead man, to gain the best beast

Myrrah: impersonated a woman to sleep with her father

Master Adam: Counterfeited money in Florence

Potiphar's wife: Lied to Potiphar saying that Joseph wanted to seduce her

Sinon: Persuaded the Romans to bring in the Trojan horse

PUNISHMENT

• Always being thirsty

• Having a fever so high, their skin would smoke

• Run around and have traits of wild beasts

• Aren't able to lift their limbs

ALLUSIONS

• Myrrha and how she sleeps with her father

• The trojan war with the horse

• Joseph in the Bible

VOCABULARY

lute:: a stringed instrument having a large pear-shaped body, a vaulted back, a fretted fingerboard

rivulets: a small stream