Damning Lust, Then Confusing It With Love: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 52 - 87
The pilgrim, Dante, has just asked his guide who is tossed in lust's whirlwind.Virgil answers with a list of the "greats" out on the wind: figures from antiquity, the Trojan War, and even medieval romance.In so doing, Virgil redefines lust into something socially disruptive.Then both he and the pilgrim (plus maybe our poet in the background) make a crucial mistake: They confuse love and lust.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we stop to gawk at the great figures of lust in hell.To support this work, consider a donation at this PayPal link right here.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING…
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