Dante's Divine Comedy
Episodes
Purgatorio 10
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Purgatory proper, a zig-zagging path leads to a terrace of beautiful images and burdened souls.
Purgatorio 9
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dante falls asleep and dreams. It's erotic, transformative, and leads to the gate and the gatekeeper of Purgatory.
Purgatorio 8
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Still in the lovely valley of the rulers, angels and a serpent dramatically appear, though oddly no-one's concerned.
Purgatorio 7
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Virgil and Sordello embrace again, before Sordello explains they must find a safe place for the night.
Purgatorio 6
26 Apr 2020
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Hassled by agitated souls, Dante asks Virgil if prayers can effect divine laws. A discussion brings a new state of mind.
Purgatorio 5
25 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At first distracted by the indolent, they encounter a new group of agitated souls, though keep their focus.
Purgatorio 4
23 Apr 2020
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Virgil and Dante find the narrow path that leads up, and begin the climb. A break brings another group of souls.
Purgatorio 3
21 Apr 2020
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Virgil is troubled. They encounter slowly moving souls, and search for an entry onto the mountain.
Purgatorio 2
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the sun rises, an angel speeds towards them, bringing a friend and a tense sense of tremendous things.
Purgatorio 1
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Virgil and Dante are in a world of freshness and hope, sunlight and stars, but also strangeness and novelty.
Inferno 34
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The last canto of the Inferno sees Dante and Virgil face to face with Lucifer, before a surprising turnaround.
Inferno 33
06 Apr 2020
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Dante and Virgil encounter Count Ugolino deeper in Cocytus, as well as the souls of the living dead.
Inferno 32
04 Apr 2020
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Seeking heavenly help to find the true words, Dante steps into Cocytus, revealed as a reality of imprisoning, deadening ice.
Inferno 31
02 Apr 2020
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Virgil and Dante wander into a grey zone, hear an ominous horn, and encounter the terrible giants.
Inferno 30
31 Mar 2020
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Minds and bodies themselves begin to disintegrate in souls driven rabid and feverish by playing god in life.
Inferno 29
28 Mar 2020
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Dante and Virgil argue, divided, and then walk to the tenth bolgia. It's infected with the pestilence of denuded nature and humanity.
Inferno 28
26 Mar 2020
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The ninth bolgia entombs figures Dante sees as schismatic in life, now rent asunder themselves.
Inferno 27
24 Mar 2020
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Still overlooking the eighth bolgia of Maleboge, a new writhing flame approaches. The soul says he trusted a pope.
Inferno 26
21 Mar 2020
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The eight bolgia appears almost majestic until Dante understands how its souls are trapped in flames.
Inferno 25
19 Mar 2020
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They see even more terrible metamorphoses in the seventh bolgia and realise the serpents are human souls too.
Inferno 24
17 Mar 2020
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Virgil helps Dante climb from the sixth bolgia. They come to the seventh, a melee of serpents chasing souls.
Inferno 23
14 Mar 2020
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Affection balances fear. Thought counters foolhardiness. They escape to fresh despair in the sixth bolgia.
Inferno 22
12 Mar 2020
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Virgil and Dante are escorted by 10 Malebranche demons. Something has gone very wrong.
Inferno 21
10 Mar 2020
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They meet the demons of Malebranche. Virgil reckons he can outplay them. Dante does not.
Inferno 20
07 Mar 2020
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Dante is perturbed when they encounter the diviners, an art he practices too.
Inferno 19
05 Mar 2020
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Dante perceives the bleak bankruptcy of exchanging spiritual gifts for temporal goods.
Inferno 18
03 Mar 2020
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They are in the eighth circle, the place called Malebolge, as the descent deepens further.
Inferno 17
29 Feb 2020
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Approaching the cliffs into the deeper reaches of hell, they confront the monster Geryon and souls disfigured by usury.
Inferno 16
28 Feb 2020
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Ominously tumbling waters. An odd encounter with three trapped souls. And then stranger things happen.
Inferno 15
25 Feb 2020
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Following the red stream, across burning sands, a gaggle of souls approach them.
Inferno 14
23 Feb 2020
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On the edge of an expanse of burning sand and falling fire, they speak with a soul cursing Jupiter and see a vision.
Inferno 13
21 Feb 2020
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They enter an ugly wood to encounter souls who killed themselves.
Inferno 12
18 Feb 2020
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Descending a steep slope, they see the minotaur, centaurs and a river of boiling blood.
Inferno 11
14 Feb 2020
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A foul stench prompts illumination of lower hell's subtler entrapments and evils.
Inferno 10
11 Feb 2020
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Now inside Dis, they meet those who have followed their own way: heretics.
Inferno 9
07 Feb 2020
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Terrified by the demons that block their path, Dante and Virgil wait.
Inferno 8
07 Feb 2020
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Still in the fifth circle, they face the river Styx and the terror of Dis.
Inferno 7
04 Feb 2020
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Virgil and Dante are in the fourth and fifth circles of hell shocked by souls trapped by money and by anger.
Inferno 6
01 Feb 2020
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The third circle of hell brings filth and muck, Cerberus and Ciacco.
Inferno 5
30 Jan 2020
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Virgil and Dante enter the second circle of hell and meet those whose love in life has trapped them.
Inferno 4
28 Jan 2020
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Virgil leads Dante into the first circle of hell where they meet souls who didn't live their lives, as well as pagan poets and philosophers who d...
Inferno 3
25 Jan 2020
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Dante and Virgil pass through the gates of hell and enter the vestibule to encounter anxious souls.
Inferno 2
25 Jan 2020
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Dante wavers and Virgil reveals why he is here.
Inferno 1
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dante frightened by his plight, terrorised by strange beasts, discovers a guide.