Dante’s The Divine Comedy Lecture 23: Purgatorio Lecture 6: Day 3: (15-18): Anger, Free-will, Love, and Sloth
In this lecture we (a) conclude the analysis by Marco Lombardo of the relationship between the influence of the stars and free will; (b) we observe examples of the expiating virtue of "gentleness/meek...
7 Nov 201933min
Lecture 2: Introduction to Homer’s Odyssey: The Time between Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey Pt. 2
In this lecture, we (a) consider "The Returns" and which Achaians encounter difficulties on the way home and at home; (b) we consider the situation Odysseus finds himself in at the beginning of "The O...
7 Nov 201934min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 22: Purgatorio Cantos 13-17 (The cornices of Envy and then Anger) (Purgatory Lecture 5)
In this lecture, we (a) review the structure of Purgatory proper: (1) exemplary art, (2) penitent sinners, (3) vicious art; (b) we observed examples of love/charity as expiating virtue to envy and con...
6 Nov 201936min
Lecture 1: Introduction to Homer’s Odyssey: The Time between Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
In this lecture, we discuss the events which take place between Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". Specifically, we consider (a) the events of the lost epic "Aethiopis", and we see the fall of Penthesilea...
6 Nov 201939min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 21: Purgatorio Cantos 10-14 (1st Cornice of Pride, and 2nd Cornice of Envy (Purgatory Lecture 4))
In this lecture, we discuss (a) the difference between vices and sins, (b) the structure of the terraces of Purgatory proper: (1) exemplary virtue in art, (2) sinner in process of expiation, (3) exemp...
31 Okt 201939min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 24: Book 24
In this lecture, we (a) revisit the dying speech of Hektor, (b) observe connections between Priam's journey to Achilleus' camp and a journey to the underworld (Hades), and (c) witness Achilleus regain...
31 Okt 201932min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 20: Purgatorio Cantos 5-9 (Purgatory Lecture 3)
In this lecture, we discuss: (a) the late-repentant: unabsolved/violent death with Buonconte da Montefeltro and Pia Tolomei; (b) the late-repentant: negligent with Sordello; and (c) we consider the dr...
29 Okt 201940min
Homer’s Iliad 2019: Lecture 23: Books 21-22
In this lecture, we discuss: (a) the rage of Achilleus: his capture of twelve Trojan youths, and his savage killing of Polydoros (Bk 20), Lykaon (Bk 21), and Asteropaios; (b) Achilleus' feud with the ...
29 Okt 201938min
