Walking With Dante

Inferno, Canto IV, Lines 1 - 45


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Dante the pilgrim and Virgil finally descend to the first circle of hell: Limbo, Virgil's home. The old poet turns pale--but why? (Well, also, how?) And the old poet explains his theology of hell. Should we take it at face value? Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I wrestle with the complicated notion of limbo in Dante's cosmic landscape, THE DIVINE COMEDY.
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