Cacus, A Centaur Like None Other, Not Even In Classical Literature: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 17 -33
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 it get any more dramatic?Join me, Mark Scarbrough, a...
13 Apr 202224min
Revenge Is Ever So Sweet: Inferno, Canto XXV, Lines 1 - 16
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 family (and even the poet himself) in Florence.But w...
10 Apr 202224min
The Bad Boys Get The Best Prophecies: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 121 - 151
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 to that question is as complicated as it gets.Join...
6 Apr 202237min
Snakebit: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 97 - 120
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 pouches that make up the eighth circle of fraud in h...
3 Apr 202233min
A Swarm Of Snakes And Literary Texts: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 79 - 96
Dante the pilgrim has wanted a good, close look into the seventh of the evil pouches, the seventh of the malebolge that make up the great landscape of fraud in the eighth circle of hell. And boy, does...
30 Mar 202222min
Get Me Closer To That Unintelligible Stuff: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 61 - 78
Dante is still out of breath because of the arduous climb out of the sixth of the malebolge of fraud. But he doesn't want Virgil to know it!Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as the pilgrim Dante hears somethi...
27 Mar 202227min
Virgil's Reprimand, The Pilgrim's Hypocrisy, The Poet's Games: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 46 - 60
Dante the pilgrim has gotten up to the top of the crag and out of the sixth of the malebolge, the evil pouches that make up the giant eighth circle of hell, the landscape of fraud. The poor pilgrim is...
23 Mar 202226min
The Struggle Is Real: Inferno, Canto XXIV, Lines 22 - 45
Dante and Virgil have to get out of the sixth evil pouch, the pocket of the hypocrites. And the only way out is up!Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we set out on this epic climb from the sixth of the male...
20 Mar 202226min
