Posts tagged Virgil

PURGATORIO, Episode 232. The Admiral Comes Into Her Ship: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 55 - 78

Beatrice finally utters her first words in COMEDY (other than those reported by Virgil way back in INFERNO, Canto II). Virgil had promised the sweet consoling eyes of this lady. Instead, she is an imperious admiral, at the head of her ship, ready to name our pilgrim, Dante, and willing to call him out for all this faults.

Mark ScarbroughJanuary 11, 2026Purgatorio XXX, Purgatorio, Purgatory, Beatrice, Virgil, Revelation, The Garden of Eden, The Earthly Paradise Comments

PURGATORIO, Episode 231. Farewell, Virgil: PURGATORIO, Canto XXX, Lines 22 - 54

Under a veil of flowers, clothed in the colors of the parade of revelation, Beatrice finally appears in COMEDY, some wild second coming, almost the advent of Christ, standing in the chariot, like the rising sun. Her arrival can only mean one thing: Virgil’s departure. He exits the poem in a moment of great sadness without a hint of sentimentality.

Mark ScarbroughJanuary 7, 2026Purgatorio XXX, Virgil, Beatrice, The Garden of Eden, The Earthly Paradise, Revelation, Purgatorio, PurgatoryComment