Episode 55 - The Purgatory, with Dante. Opening with the Muses, and Cato from the Roman Empire.
Ancient World
English - April 01, 2019 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsArts Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today we are looking at the opening of the Purgatory, and how Dante is using the elements of Greek Myth, Literature, Biblical stories and the history of the Roman Empire to create the first few lines of the second book. His "boat" is growing, as symbol of his poetic powers and the story we are following.
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