A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome, Part 3: Hell’s Vineyard (Inferno 13)

Episode Topic: Hell’s Vineyard (Inferno 13)

Dante and Virgil are in the seventh circle of Hell where violence is punished. In the second section, those who had been violent to themselves have been transformed into trees. Pier delle Vigne, Holy Emperor Frederick II’s adviser, almost a contemporary of Dante, is condemned to this part of Hell for committing suicide.

Featured Speakers: 

• Theodore J. Cachey, Professor of Italian and the Albert J. and Helen M. Ravarino Family Director of Dante and Italian Studies, University of Notre Dame; Co-Director, University of Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies 
• David Lummus, Visiting Professor of Italian and Co-Director, University of Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies
• Chiara Sbordoni, Adjunct Professor of Italian, University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway

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This podcast is a part of the Rome Book Club ThinkND Series titled “A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome”.

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