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Storytelling, Moral Allegory, And The Human Paradox: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 64 - 72
Season 2 Episode 93
Dante the poet adds a coda to his (fake) ekphrastic poetry on the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. He steps back a…
1 year, 11 months ago
More Questions Than Answers About The Reliefs In The Road Bed Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 22 - 63
Season 2 Episode 92
We've spent three episodes going over the reliefs in the road bed of the terrace of pride on Mount Purgatory. Now let's step back and look at the who…
1 year, 11 months ago
Walking On Pride, Part Three: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 49 - 60
Season 2 Episode 91
We've come to the last four reliefs in the paving stones of the terrace of pride. We're almost on our way to the next terrace of Purgatory . . . but …
2 years ago
Walking On Pride, Part Two: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 37 - 48
Season 2 Episode 90
We're still walking on top of the reliefs of the prideful in the road bed of the first terrace of Mount Purgatory after the gate: the terrace of prid…
2 years ago
Walking On Pride, Part One: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 25 - 36
Season 2 Episode 89
Virgil has directed Dante the pilgrim to look down at the road bed. Dante sees figures carved into the terrace . . . and he begins to walk on pride, …
2 years ago
Art, Realism, And Dante's Sheer Audacity: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, lines 13 - 24
Season 2 Episode 88
The opening of PURGATORIO, Canto XII, becomes even stranger as the poet Dante claims that the art he’s about to see beneath his feet is even clearer …
2 years ago
Dante's Pride Both Lanced And Swelling: PURGATORIO, Canto XII, Lines 1 - 12
Season 2 Episode 87
Dante is still hunched over, going along like a dumb ox, paired up with the souls on the terrace of pride. His pride has been lanced by their monolog…
2 years ago
Some News That Affects Future Episodes Of PURGATORIO
Season 2
Some personal news . . . and not the sort I ever want to share . . . about future episodes of this podcast. I hope you'll understand.
2 years ago
A Bad Boy Makes Good On The Terrace Of Pride: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 109 - 139
Season 2 Episode 86
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2 years ago
Oderisi Redux: PURGATORIO, Canto XI, Lines 73 - 108
Season 2 Episode 85
I said we'd move on to the second half of Oderisi da Gubbio's speech . . . but there's no way we can. There are still so many unanswered questions ab…
2 years ago