The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 "Purgatorio," Canto 22, l. 40ff (22.40-41) [Statius] (1314) [tr. Musa (1981)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations
To what extremes, O cursèd lust for gold will you not drive man's appetite? [Per che non reggi tu, o sacra fame de l’oro, l’appetito de’ mortali?] Statius is quoting Virgil (whose shade stands in front of him) from The Aeneid, Book 3, ll. 56-57: Quid non mortalia pectora…
