Fictive bodies

As Dante arrives on the last terrace of Purgatory, where lust, or 'troppo vigore' (too much vigor) is being purified, he gets a wow-moment from the other souls-in-residence. Everyone is astonished that Dante the pilgrim doesn't, in their words, 'seem to have a fictive body' ('Colui non par corpo fittizio'). They are obviously right. Dante walks through …