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Statius, The Closeted Christian: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 76 - 93
Season 2 Episode 175
Statius finally tells Virgil what we all want to know: the story of his conversion. How did this Latin poet who dedicated his great epic to a Roman e…
1 year, 2 months ago
Virgil, The Damned Christian Missionary: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 55 - 74
Season 2 Episode 174
Given that Statius claims a passage from The Aeneid made him see the error of his ways, Virgil wants to know how this poet of the Thebes could have e…
1 year, 2 months ago
An Interpolated Episode: Dante and Irony
Season 2 Episode 173
Since we’ve come to a moment of (perhaps!) profound irony as Statius misquotes and even misinterprets Virgil’s AENEID to find his way to salvation, w…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Path To God Is Lined With Misquoted, Misinterpreted Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 25 - 54
Season 2 Episode 172
Statius and Virgil continue their conversation as they climb to the sixth terrace with the pilgrim Dante.
Statius explains that he discovered his erro…
1 year, 2 months ago
Virgil Offers Up The First Of Many Misread Texts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXII, Lines 1 - 24
Season 2 Episode 171
Blinded by the angel, Dante the pilgrim begins his climb to the sixth terrace of Mount Purgatory. But his plight is overshadowed by Virgil’s desire t…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXII - XXIV
Season 2 Episode 170
We have been a long time on the terrace of the avaricious (without knowing there's another sin punished there as well). We're ready to climb on up to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Caught Between Two Poets: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 103 - 136
Season 2 Episode 169
Statius has sung his (first!) hymn of praise to Virgil without knowing that the old poet is right in front of him. Dante the pilgrim is caught betwee…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Audacity Of Statius: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 76 - 102
Season 2 Episode 168
We finally get to know our unknown shade on the fifth terrace of Purgatory: Statius, the epic Roman poet.
His salvation is one of the most audacious m…
1 year, 2 months ago
The (Maybe?) Supremacy Of The Will: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 58 - 75
Season 2 Episode 167
The still-unknown shade on the fifth terrace of Mount Purgatory rounds out his answer to Virgil's questions with some shocking revelations: The souls…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Place Beyond Accidental Change: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 40 - 57
Season 2 Episode 166
Virgil has asked two questions: Why'd the mountain shake and why'd the shades all cry out with one voice?
The unknown shade on the fifth terrace of Mo…
1 year, 3 months ago