Dante's Passage at the Begining

I found a translation at this website. It would not allow me to copy and paste. Scroll down less than 2 pages and you will see the translation of the passage in Dante's Inferno.

http://www.slideshare.net/AutoSurfRestarter/doctor-faustus-the-life-of-the-german-composer-adrian-leverkuhn-as-told-by-a-friend-by-thomas-mann

I found it interesting that some quotes are related to Zeitblom andothers are related to Leverkuehn.

The quote "and I myself alone prepared to under go battle, both of the journeying and of the pity"This reminds me of Zeitblom's isolation and loneliness due to the fact that he craves Adrian's recognition of him as an individual. (Adrian and him are not pare-du.) Theses lines are also very Faustian because the person going on the journey has the courage to face painful experiences in order to gain knowledge.

The part of the passage that reminds me of Adrian is the calling of the muses, towards the end of the quote. In my opinion, Adrian wanted Esmeralda, not only Esmeralda in all of her beauty and glory, but also her disease. Adrian wanted the disease because he knew that his genius would crescendo with the malicious microbes.