The Second Great Sinner Of Hell, Farinata degli Uberti: INFERNO, Canto X, Lines 22 - 51

Rising out of the burning sarcophagus and pulling himself upright, Farinata confronts our pilgrim by interrupting Virgil.

This is no ordinary encounter with the damned. This is an encounter with history, with someone who brought so much bloodshed to Dante's family and faction.

What would happen if you met your historical enemy? The one who killed off swaths of your family? How would you treat them?

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, on this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE in which we find out that even in INFERNO, even as far down as the sixth circle, human tribalism still runs hot.

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Here are the segments for this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:42] My English translation of INFERNO, Canto X, lines 22 - 51. If you'd like to read along, find a deeper study guide, or drop a comment to continue the conversation, please go to my website, markscarbrough.com.

[05:08] Who was Farinata?

[09:56] Farinata as a twisted Christ figure.

[14:37] Farinata and language.

[20:53] Farinata and politics.

[25:50] Can Farinata hold hell in contempt? Maybe there's an answer in Lucan's Pharsalia, Book VII

[30:29] Rereading INFERNO, Canto X, lines 22 - 51.