Inferno, Canto 15SummaryWhile crossing the Sand upon the dyke banking Phlegethon, Dante sees the Violent against Nature, who run perpetually, looking towards the human body against which they offended. He meets his old teacher, Bruttetto Latini, whom he addresses with affectionate regret and deep gratitude for past benefits. Brunetto predicts Dante's ill- treatment at the hands of the Florentines.
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Canto 15, © Jan Hearn
The ImagesThe Sodomites. Sodomites are chosen as the image of all perverse vices which damage and corrupt the natural powers of the body. It is here that he would probably place drug users and the vicious types of alcoholics. Their perpetual fruitless running forms a parallel, on a lower level, to the aimless drifting of the Lustful in Canto v.
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