Just Tell Your Story And Stay Pliant: PURGATORIO, Canto I, Lines 85 - 111
Virgil has replied to Cato--and now it's Cato's turn to answer back. This time, Cato doesn't seem so threatening. He seems more willing to help Virgil and Dante. Why could that be?Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore Cato's second speech at the opening of PURGATORIO. We'll talk through its implications and see how it opens up the possibilities of redemption this early on in the second third of Dante's masterwork, COMEDY.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:13] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto I, lines 85 - 111. If you'd like to read along…
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