It's All Greek To Dante: Inferno, Canto XXVI, Lines 64 - 84
Virgil has introduced Dante the pilgrim to the twinned souls in the tongue of fire: Ulysses and Diomedes. But there's a problem. Who will talk to them? Who is worthy to discuss such illustrious Greeks? Not Dante--that's for sure.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore this little back-and-forth between a very impatient pilgrim and his guide, who wins the battle and is willing to both abase and aggrandize himself to finally hear from the great Ulysses.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:34] My English translation of the passage: Inferno, Canto XXVI, lines 64 - 84…
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