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Episode 112

Two More Voices On The Winds Of Envy: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, Lines 127 - 141

Published on: 30th June, 2024

With Guido del Duca enmeshed in his tears, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil begin to talk on along the terrace of envy, searching for a way up to the third terrace of Purgatory.

Lo and behold, they're struck by two voices, just as they were when they got up to this terrace. This time, it's Cain and Aglauros, speaking on the wind.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we begin to conclude our time with the envious and encounter a Biblical and a classical voice to warn us of the final dangers of envy.

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Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:23] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, lines 127 - 141. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation, please find the entry for this podcast episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[02:46] Silence, then the first departing voice from the terrace of the envious: Cain, after his fratricide and banishment.

[09:35] The second departing voice from the terrace of envy: Aglauros, from Ovid's METAMORPHOSES.

[15:37] Dante sidesteps toward Virgil, an unusual move.

[17:49] Comparing and contrasting the four voices on the wind along the terrace of the envious.

[21:07] Is nostalgia an appropriate response to social inequality and its prompting of envy?

[24:58] Rereading the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XIV, lines 127 - 141.

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A passage-by-passage stroll through Dante’s DIVINE COMEDY with Mark Scarbrough
Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.
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Former lit professor, current cookbook writer, creator of two podcasts, writer of thirty-five (and counting) cookbooks, author of one memoir (coming soon!), married to a chef (my cookbook co-writer, Bruce Weinstein), and with him, the owner of two collies, all in a very rural spot in New England. My life's full and I'm up for more challenges!