Walking With Beatrice In Eden: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 24

From tragedy to comedy, the apocalyptic vision in Canto XXXII has come to an end and Beatrice accepts Dante as her walking companion in Eden.

A relatively easy passage begins the final canto of PURGATORIO, perhaps a breather before the much more difficult material that will make up the bulk of the last canto of PURGATORIO.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we walk with Beatrice, Dante, the seven ladies, the lady who tends Eden, and Statius. They're a final parade to wrap up this second canticle of COMEDY.

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

[01:26] My English translation of PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, Lines 1 - 24. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation with me, please find the entry for this episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[03:31] Possibly, a simple interlude between much more difficult passages.

[04:58] The Latin quotation from Psalm 78/79 that opens the final canto of PURGATORIO.

[09:19] Beatrice's Latin quotation from the Gospel of John as Dante fuses Mary and Jesus into her character.

[16:46] Beatrice's parade and the question of her nine steps.

[21:53] Beatrice, Dante's new guide across the known universe.

[26:51] Rereading the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XXXIII, lines 1- 24.