Episode Topic: Intro: From the dark wood to Rome

When Dante is lost in the dark wood of sin, the soul of the Roman poet Virgil is sent from Heaven to rescue him and guide him on his way to salvation through Hell and Purgatory. Dante’s journey is immediately compared to Aeneas’s voyage to Italy where his offspring will found the city of Rome, the subject of Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid. 

Featured Speakers: 

• Theodore J. Cachey, Professor of Italian and the Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Dante and Italian Studies, University of Notre Dame; Co-Director, University of Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies 
• David Lummus, Visiting Professor of Italian and Co-Director, University of Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies
• Chiara Sbordoni, Adjunct Professor of Italian, University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/3f0de7. 

This podcast is a part of the Rome Book Club ThinkND Series titled “A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome”.

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