A Medieval Hospital Of Horrors: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, Lines 37 - 72
The pilgrim, Dante, and his guide, Virgil, finally come to the last of the ten evil pouches of fraud (those famed "malebolge")--and wow, it's a doozy!They walk above a medieval malarial ward, full of festering bodies, rank sickness, and disgusting smells. This pit may well be the foulest yet.But if Dante and Virgil can walk it, so can we. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we begin to explore the farthest reaches of fraud in Dante's INFERNO.Here are the segments of this episode of the podcast WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:54] My English translation of the passage: INFERNO, Canto XXIX, lines 37 - 72. If…
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