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More Questions Than Answers: An Overview Of The Metamorphosizing Thieves And The Seventh Of Fraud's Malebolge
Season 1 Episode 155
We have spent a long time with the thieves in the seventh of the malebolge or the evil pouches of fraud's eighth circle of hell. It's time for a retr…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Shifty Thieves, The Certain Judgment, The Uncertain Poet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Line 142 - Canto XXVI, Line 12
Season 1 Episode 154
Dante the poet has finally wrapped up the pilgrim's time in the seventh of the evil pouches, the "malebolge" that make up the eighth circle of INFERN…
4 years, 2 months ago
Morphing Into Your Own Father: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 153
We've already explored the source material behind the third metamorphosis in the pit of the thieves, the seventh of the malebolge in the great landsc…
4 years, 2 months ago
Identity Theft In The Middle Ages: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 79 - 141 (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 152
We've reached the third and final metamorphosis in the seventh of the evil pouches, the malebolge that make up the eighth circle of hell in INFERNO.
J…
4 years, 2 months ago
Turning The Beast With Two Backs Into Poetry: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part Two)
Season 1 Episode 151
In the last episode of WALKING WITH DANTE, I helped you understand the sources and textual problems in this second metamorphosis from the seventh of …
4 years, 3 months ago
The Beast With Two Backs--Or, Two Things And Nothing: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 34 - 78 (Part One)
Season 1 Episode 150
First, a guy burns up, turns to ashes, comes back to life, and prophesies the future. Then a centaur run by with snakes and dragons on his back. And …
4 years, 3 months ago
Cacus, A Centaur Like None Other, Not Even In Classical Literature: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 17 -33
Season 1 Episode 149
Vanni Fucci has run off, wrapped up in snakes. But he's now just prey for Cacus, a centaur who arrives toting lots of snakes and even a dragon. Can i…
4 years, 3 months ago
Revenge Is Ever So Sweet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 16
Season 1 Episode 148
Vanni Fucci has given his big speech, complete with a clear statement of his crime/sin and an opaque statement of the future of Dante's friends and f…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Bad Boys Get The Best Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 121 - 151
Season 1 Episode 147
We have watched a sinner burn up from a snakebite and reconstitute right in front of the pilgrim Dante's eyes. But who is this damned guy? The answer…
4 years, 3 months ago
Snakebit: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 97 - 120
Season 1 Episode 146
Our pilgrim, Dante, and his guide, Virgil, have come down to a place where they can see into the darkness of the seventh of the malebolge, the evil p…
4 years, 3 months ago