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Beware Of Classical Figures, Modern Politicians, And Maybe Poets: Inferno, Canto XXVII, Lines 1 - 30
Season 1 Episode 164
Ulysses leaves and a second flame shows up in the eighth of the malebolge, the evil pouches of fraud in Dante's INFERNO. Ulysses may be the great tra…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Case For Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Season 1 Episode 163
In the last episode of WALKING WITH DANTE, I built a case against Ulysses without using anything but his own words against him. How do we know Ulysse…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Case Against Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Season 1 Episode 162
In the last episode of this podcast, we took apart Ulysses' speech to discover its poetics and uncover some of its historical roots. Now it's time to…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Glorious Monologue Of The Damned Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
Season 1 Episode 161
Finally, Ulysses. We've waited long enough. Here he is in all his glory: a figure out of classical literature, whom Dante couldn't know, whom Dante w…
4 years, 1 month ago
It's All Greek To Dante: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 64 - 84
Season 1 Episode 160
Virgil has introduced Dante the pilgrim to the twinned souls in the tongue of fire: Ulysses and Diomedes. But there's a problem. Who will talk to the…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Fifth Great Sinner Of Hell, Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 49 - 63
Season 1 Episode 159
We're in the eighth circle of hell, INFERNO's vast landscape of fraud. And we're way down in the eight of the evil pouches (the malebolge) that make …
4 years, 1 month ago
An Explanation For The Brief Halt In This Podcast
Hey there. Mark Scarbrough. As usual. Just a quick explanation of why the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE seems to have come to a halt. Thanks to all of y…
4 years, 2 months ago
Fireflies, Elijah, And Messy Metaphors: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 25 - 48
Season 1 Episode 158
Our first glimpse into the eighth of the evil pouches (the malebolge) that make up the giant circle of fraud in Dante's INFERNO.
Except nothing's as c…
4 years, 2 months ago
Poetic Theory In The Crack Between Two Evil Pouches: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 13 - 24
Season 1 Episode 157
Dante and his guide, Virgil, leave the seventh of the evil pouches (the malebolge) of fraud by means of a rocky scramble. Then the poet stops and dro…
4 years, 2 months ago
Take Heart, Fellow Walkers!
Season 1 Episode 156
Hi, I'm Mark Scarbrough and we've been walking with Dante for a long time. We're doing it slowly, a passage at a time, and we've come through some of…
4 years, 2 months ago