The Struggle For A Son's Soul: PURGATORIO, Canto V, Lines 85 - 129
We come to the second monologue in PURGATORIO, Canto V. This time, we're on the other side of the battle of Campeldino with one of Dante's enemies. And we're on the other side of INFERNO, with a son whose father we saw damned with Ulysses and Diomedes.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore this most surprising speech and continue to discuss the ways PURGATORIO is changing the game for Dante's masterpiece, COMEDY.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:19] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto V, lines 85 - 129. If you'd like to read along, print it…
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