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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…
11 months, 1 week 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…
11 months, 1 week 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…
11 months, 2 weeks 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…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Virgil's Classical Schooling And (Irreverent?) Insistence: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 22 - 39
Season 2 Episode 165
The unknown shade has been gobsmacked by the fact that escapees from hell may be climbing Mount Purgatory.
Virgil explains that the pilgrim is still v…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A Shade Appears: PURGATORIO, Canto XXI, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 164
Dante is left wondering why the mountain has shaken when an even deeper mystery occurs: a shade appears seemingly out of nowhere and behind our pilgr…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Fear And Trembling On The Mountain: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 124 - 151
Season 2 Episode 163
Dante the pilgrim and Virgil have seemingly moved off even as Hugh Capet was still speaking. They're picking their way among the avaricious when they…
1 year ago
Hugh Capet's Antiphon: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 97 - 123
Season 2 Episode 162
Hugh Capet has spent a long time answering the pilgrim Dante's first question: who were you? He now turns to the pilgrim's second question: why did I…
1 year ago
When The French Monarchy Makes Even The Papacy Look Good: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 82 - 96
Season 2 Episode 161
As Hugh Capet winds up to the heights of his monologue, he comes to a most shocking climax: that moment when the French monarchy is so bad that it ma…
1 year ago
The Madness Of Hugh Capet's Descendants: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 61 - 81
Season 2 Episode 160
Hugh Capet continues the story of his family, bringing the saga of the French (or Frankish) crown into Dante's day with three of Hugh's most infamous…
1 year ago