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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…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago
Hugh Capet In Purgatory . . . Or Maybe Not: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 40 - 60
Season 2 Episode 159
The pilgrim has been attracted by one soul, calling out his examples of Mary, Fabricius, and Nicholas to counter his own sins of avarice.
Dante steps …
1 year, 3 months ago
Poverty As Reward And Compensation: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 16 - 39
Season 2 Episode 158
Dante has gone beyond Pope Adrian V but hasn't left the fifth terrace of Purgatory. He and Virgil pick their way among the many shades until the pilg…
1 year, 3 months ago
What The Pilgrim Can Do And What A Redeemer Must Do: PURGATORIO, Canto XX, Lines 1 - 15
Season 2 Episode 157
Pope Adrian V has pushed the pilgrim Dante to move on . . . even though the pilgrim doesn't want to.
He and Virgil pick their way through the crowded …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Loneliness Of Pope Adrian V: PURGATORIO, Canto XIX, Lines 127 - 145
Season 2 Episode 156
Pope Adrian V concludes his discourse on the fifth terrace of Mount Purgatory on a strangely lonely, alienated note. Perhaps this is what avarice doe…
1 year, 4 months ago