At Long Last, The Violent Appear: Inferno, Canto XII, Lines 103 - 139
INFERNO, Canto XII, comes to its conclusion with a "zoo" of those who have been violent against others, including Alexander the Great (perhaps), Attila the Hun (more sure), and even local brigands from the highways of Tuscany.It's been a long ride to get here: down a scree-filled slope, past the Minotaur, up against threatening centaurs (who turn out to be really nice guys), and on across the river of boiling blood. Why did it take us so long to get to the murders and the plunderers? It's a grand question.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I posit some answers to it at the end of Inferno, Canto…
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