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The Ice Finally Melts: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 79 - 99
Season 2 Episode 233
Beatrice has offered her first condemnation of Dante, just as his salve and mentor, Virgil, has left the scene. He's stuck across Lethe with the ice …
6 months ago
The Admiral Comes Into Her Ship: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 55 - 78
Season 2 Episode 232
We finally hear the first words from Beatrice's mouth. (We've heard her before but as told by Virgil in INFERNO, Canto II.) She is certainly not pers…
6 months, 1 week ago
Farewell, Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 22 - 54
Season 2 Episode 231
The parade of revelation has stopped and everything holds its breath for what comes next.
She's veiled, behind scattered flowers. But Beatrice arrives…
6 months, 1 week ago
Brides, Grooms, And Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 1 - 21
Season 2 Episode 230
The grand parade of revelation has come to a stop across Lethe from our pilgrim, Virgil, and Statius. Everything seems to hold its breath: the conste…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Second Coming Of Beatrice: A Read-Through Of PURGATORIO, Cantos XXX - XXXI
Season 2 Episode 229
As we have done throughout PURGATORIO, let's read through a chunk of the canticle to get the plot down so that we can then focus on the many moving p…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Conclusion (For Now) Of The Timeless Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 121 - 154
Season 2 Episode 228
The pilgrim has found the perfect perch to see the full scope and length of the parade of allegories at the top of the Mount Purgatory in the garden …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Shocking Emptiness Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 106 - 120
Season 2 Episode 227
The parade goes on to include a Roman, two-wheeled, victory chariot between the four animals. It's a brilliant moment, a chariot better than even fam…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
No Time For Poetry: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 88 - 105
Season 2 Episode 226
The parade goes on, now that the pilgrim, Dante, is in a good spot to see it.
After the twenty-four lords in white come four animals with green fronds…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Parade Of Revelation: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 58 - 87
Season 2 Episode 225
The parade goes on! Our pilgrim, Dante, turns back from Virgil's amazement and finds more of the parade coming toward him . . . at least, he does so …
7 months ago
That Which Walks In The Forest: PURGATORIO, Canto XXIX, Lines 31 - 57
Season 2 Episode 224
As the pilgrim, his poets, and the beautiful lady continue to stand beside Lethe, they see the approaching parade of the apocalypse, which is an exam…
7 months ago