Dante the pilgrim has come across an infamous traitor on the ice sheet of Cocytus in the ninth ring of hell. Here in Antenora, the second sub-ring of the bottom of the everything, Dante finds the guy he and many others blame for the troubles of central Italy.
Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we explore the second half of this conversation with one of the most despicable sinners in Dante's universe. The last episode began this moment in INFERNO. This episode finishes it off.
Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:
[01:36] My English translation of the passage: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, lines 103 - 123. If you'd like to read along or drop a comment, please go to my website, markscarbrough.com.
[03:36] Bocca degli Abati, the great Guelph traitor who caused the slaughter of so many Guelphs at the battle of Montaperti in 1260.
[09:44] Bocca's characterization in the passage: 1) sneering, 2) snitching, and 3) still trying to be in control.
[13:15] The list of others traitors in Antenora: Buoso da Duera, Tesauro de' Beccheria, Gianni de' Soldanieri, Ganelon, and Tebaldello Zambrasi.
[20:13] Dante the pilgrim as a devil in hell.
[21:57] The incredibly tight parallelism of INFERNO, Canto XXXII.
[23:35] Is INFERNO, Canto XXXII successful or clumsy?
[28:53] Rereading Antenora: INFERNO, Canto XXXII, lines 70 - 123.