Drowsy Yet Vigilant, Slothful Yet Expectant: PURGATORIO, Canto XVII, Lines 73 - 90
Welcome to the fourth terrace of Purgatory proper!Dante and Virgil reach the top of the stairs just as night falls and the pilgim loses all possibility of forward momentum. He hesitates--from sloth?--and turns to Virgil--still damned!--to explain where they are.Virgil, the guide of Purgatory. It's still as shocking as it was sixteen cantos ago!Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we stop at the cusp of the fourth terrace of Purgatory proper.Would you like to help underwrite the many costs of this podcast? You can do so with a donation at this PayPal link right here.Here are the segments of this…
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