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Purgatorio: Canto 28
Atop Mt. Purgatorio Dante meets a maiden in a beautiful garden gathering flowers and singing. Is this an invitation to carnal bliss or something much bigger?
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Published on 6 hours ago
Purgatorio: Canto 27
Egged on by the promise of Beatrice, Dante walks through the Fires of Chastity. After this final purgation, Virgil crowns and mitres Dante as an innocent soul free to follow his own pleasures.
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Published on 1 week ago
Purgatorio: Canto 26
Dante meets his idol Guido Guinizelli in the Terrace of the Lustful only to learn that the greatest modern poet wrote in Provençal not Italian!
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Published on 3 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Canto 25
How does one suffer and how does one transform without a body? Approaching the Terrace of the Lustful Dante learns about the metaphysical mechanics of spiritual purgation.
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Published on 4 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Canto 24
At the close of the Terrace of Gluttony, Forese points out more repentant gluttons to Dante. Among them is Pope Martin IV who overindulged in eels and wine. The Poet Bonagiunta da Lucca is also there…
Published on 1 month ago
Purgatorio: Canto 23
On the Terrace of the Gluttons Dante meets his old friend Forese among many repenting Gluttons. They make amends for the terrible things Dante has said about his wife.
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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Purgatorio: Canto 22
Dante and Virgil encounter an inverted tree that inspires hunger and thirst but don’t you dare touch its fruit or drink from its dew: The Terrace of the Gluttons.
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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Purgatorio: Canto 21
Dante and Virgil meet Statius who explains why Purgatory thunders. Statius is excited to meet his idol Virgil.
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Published on 2 months ago
Purgatorio: Canto 20
Having seen the effects of greed on the papacy, Dante and Virgil meet Hugh Capet and learn how avarice has corrupted monarchs.
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Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Purgatorio: Canto 19
An ominous Siren visits Dante in dream before he meets Pope Adrian V in the fifth terrace.
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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago