Alexander Schmid Podcast

In this lecture, we (a) review the symbolic significance of the three animals which Dante encounters in Canto 1, review the Platonic model of the tripartite soul, and relate that to the three types of sin Dante uses to structure his Inferno; (b) we consider Dante's "invocation to the muse" and how that relates to Homer's (unread by Dante) and Virgil's epic poems; (c) we conclude with considering Joseph Campbell's Monomyth and how Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", and Virgil's "Aeneid", and Dante's "The Divine Comedy" have a "Refusal of the Call to Adventure". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support