The Case For Ulysses: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 85 - 142
In the last episode of WALKING WITH DANTE, I built a case against Ulysses without using anything but his own words against him. How do we know Ulysses is damned (other than Dante's placing him in the Inferno)? Where does his culpability lie?Join me, Mark Scarbrough, for this episode in which I build the case FOR Ulysses. Why does he so stand out among the sinners in hell (and even among the saints above us)? Why has his speech provoked more commentary than any other passage in Dante's COMEDY?Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:42] Once more, my English translation…
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