Here are the WALKING WITH DANTE episodes for INFERNO, Cantos I - V. They are posted in reverse order, a function of the website’s code. Sorry about that! Scroll or page through to find earlier episodes.

Posts in Inferno Cantos V - VII

25. The Lush Poetry Of The Lustful: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 25 - 51

We've left Minos behind and stepped into the winds of lust: a relentless storm that provokes a gorgeous simile as the pilgrim stares into this abyss.

Inferno Cantos V - VIIMark ScarbroughDecember 9, 2020Comment

23: Minos, The Connoisseur Of Sin: INFERNO, Canto V, Lines 1 - 24

Our pilgrim, Dante, comes to the second circle of hell and encounters Minos, the sure judge of sin, an epicure of vice. Minos offers a judgment on all the souls before him (but not on those back in Limbo!) and seems to try to shove a wedge between our pilgrim and Virgil, his guide. But Virgil’s got an answer: a tried-and-true spell. Rhetoric works. Sometimes.

Inferno Cantos V - VIIMark ScarbroughDecember 2, 2020Comment