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Q68: a quote from an erstwhile poet

yamilah
Member
#1 · Posted: 9 Oct 2006 15:32
Two different Tintin characters seem to have been inspired by Italian poet Dante Alghieri (1265-1321) and quote -in two different books- the first half of one of his verses.

What does the full verse read?
Please mention at least one of the books with page, frame and character.
edcharlesadams
Trivia Challenge Score Keeper
#2 · Posted: 10 Oct 2006 23:25
Time for a clue I think, yamilah?

Ed
yamilah
Member
#3 · Posted: 11 Oct 2006 07:49
Here's the clue: Dante's full verse can be spotted on
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri
yamilah
Member
#4 · Posted: 12 Oct 2006 11:37
Might be time to give the answer:

- Dante's original full verse can be read in his Divina Commedia, Inferno, Canto III, line 9: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
see http://www.crs4.it/Letteratura/DivinaCommedia/Inferno/Canto03.html

- Mitsuhirato utters 'abandon all hope' in The Blue Lotus (p.56-C4, = 'abandonnez [donc] tout espoir' in the French version)

- The Grand Abbot of Khor-Biyong monastery utters a similar sentence in Tintin in the Tibet (p.50-A2).
edcharlesadams
Trivia Challenge Score Keeper
#5 · Posted: 13 Oct 2006 12:46
As nobody was able to answer, anyone (except yamilah) may set the next question.

Ed

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