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

Walking With Dante

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.