Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 15: Cocytus and the Traitors to Family and Country Pt. 1 (Cantos 32-33)
Alexander Schmid Podcast
English - October 03, 2019 17:44 - 30 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Homer's Iliad 2019: Homer’s Iliad 2019: Lecture 18: Book 11 Pt. 2
In this lecture, we consider (a) the giants their acts of transgressing as prefigurations of Lucifer's transgression; (b) we descend to the frozen river Cocytus and meet Bocca who has his name betrayed by another traitorous soul; and (c) we conclude by witnessing the false-sacramental feast of of Count Ugolino (Guelph) on the head of Archbishop Ruggieri (Ghibelline).
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