Nov 2– From The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1321) translated by Rev. H. F. Cary
Summary: Dante meets everyone getting punished for not believing in God because they didn't know he exists. And meets all his classical Greek heroes.
Commentary: “All hope abandon ye who enter here.” Again, fun to get a quote origin (although this translation is a little different.) I think the DC bits are some of the hardest to follow out of order. Probably because it's very much a literal progression, and also because it's three books. Did I read Canto 3 of Inferno or of Paradiso, etc.? I think I've whined enough about how God is monstrous for punishing people for not believing in him correctly, even if they died before Christ or as unbaptized infants. Infinite punishment for something you didn't even realize you were doing (technically for something one of your ancestors did) and had no reason not to=bad. I'm going to go visual today and look at the art a bit.
Timeless
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