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We come to the region of those who have been violent to themselves, or to their property. A sensitive region, also a very eerie one, but revealing things to say here. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105]
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As a break from the shows on Dante’s Inferno, we attend to a selection of songs, some very light, some moving, some perhaps a little weird. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
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We attend to more in Dante’s Inferno: Those violent towards others are submerged in a river of boiling blood, shot with arrows by centaurs if they try to rise out of the river. Also some songs you might not usually listen to. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
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The first circle of Hell proper, featuring heretics, people who box themselves into one, personal way of looking at things, never listening to what anyone else has to say – miscommunication and us-them factionalism.
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At the Gate leading into the City of Hell proper, Dante faces his most frightening moment: refused entry, facing the prospect of making his way back alone, the threat of being turned to stone, and the promised help nowhere in sight. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
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Phlegeas, burining with rage, comes to ferry Dante and Virgil across the Stygian marsh, filled with angry souls lashing into each other. Dante thinks he is safe from anger, until — !
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We attend to Canto 7 of the Inferno, a busy canto, moving from those who identified with money to a discussion of the way our fortune, or luck, is constantly wheeled around to a vision of two different sorts of anger, one ripping things apart, the other silently stewing in submerged rage. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
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We attend first to the horrible torment of the glutton Erysichthon in Greek myth, before we follow Dante and Virgil through the region of the glutton in Hell. [First heard on Cambridge Radio]
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Dante’s sense of Lust is not quite our sense; it’s richer, deeper, more nuanced – and more destructive. Come with us to this next region of the Inferno. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
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Dante comes to Limbo, home of the virtuous pagans, a peaceful, cultured place, but without joyful shining light. What’s that all about? Come along and see, and see how we too sometimes spend time here in Limbo. Some odd and some appropriate songs to help us on our way. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]
