... and Paris to Circle Two of Hell "the Carnal "designed for those who betrayed reason, succumbing to excessive desire and passion. In contrast, Virgil's pious Aeneas, accompanied by Caesar and Hector, finds himself in a more inviting location, in Circle One: Limbo, an illustrious place of virtuous and wise pagans. Accordingly, it appears that Chaucer's modern auctor stands in defence ... "writing many misleading things in their books'-. Similarly, Bernardus Silvestris, in the Preface to his Commentary claims that writing the Aeneid, Virgil has created a poetical fiction in order to please...

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