The Sun Sets On The Classical Landscape: PURGATORIO, Canto VIII, Lines 85 - 108
Please help keep WALKING WITH DANTE sponsor-free by donating to help me cover licensing, hosting, streaming, and royalty fees associated with this podcast. You can give as you like here at this PayPal link.After Judge Nino's misogynistic diatribe, Dante the pilgrim stares at the stars. The four from the opening of PURGATORIO have passed beyond his sight; three new stars are rising, when the long-awaited snake makes its appearance in the dale of the negligent rulers.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we work to untangle the meaning in this curious and symbolic passage that cues us to much that's…
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