Dante's Inferno, Episode 2: The Poet and the Beasts

<p>Lions, and wolves, and leopards...oh my! Dante the pilgrim is balanced on a knife-edge, tipping over into the start of a new century, a new period of life, a new world. It's creation and crucifixion all at once, a fever pitch of both hope and dread. How can he go on? How can he make sense of things? How can we? Those are the questions we'll deal with today as we continue our journey toward the mouth of hell. We'll talk about the zodiac, the significance of allegory, the three beasts of sin, and the reappearance of our boy, the GOAT, the man himself: Virgil! He's back! And so are we, with the next episode in our Divine Comedy series.</p> <p>Check out the NEW episode of Klavans on the Culture, my new podcast with Andrew Klavan (no relation): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW0QuTytAuc">https://youtu.be/ZJpXAoIlbxI?si=3uzICi-kmeShxezu</a></p> <p>Sign up for Hebrew, Greek, or Latin courses at the Ancient Language Institute: <a href="https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics/">https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics/</a></p> <p>Get the Anthony Esolen translation: <a href="https://amzn.to/4sgKLTj">https://amzn.to/4sgKLTj</a></p> <p> </p>