On To The Wrathful, Sort Of: INFERNO, Canto VII, Lines 97 - 130
Here's something new: a descent from one ring to another within a single canto.Our pilgrim and Virgil scramble down to find themselves on the shore of Styx. Stuck in the muck are the wrathful . . . and of two sorts. Let's talk about Thomistic notions of wrath (or Aristotelean notions of wrath) and the strange inversions of medieval iconography.But more importantly, what's up with Virgil, who seems to know things nobody could know?Consider supporting this work by using this PayPal link right here.Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:26] My English translation of…
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