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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy – Inferno: Canto 12
I’m probably slowing down a lot from now on. I’ve gotten a lot busier, but I’m committed to trying to finish the Divine Comedy. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, so even if it takes a long time, I’ll get through the 100 Days of Dante, which is helping me understand a lot about the Divine Comedy while reading it. Questions for Reflection Dante meets many mythical creatures in…
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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: The Inferno – Canto 11
I apologize for the wait. I had some things going on this past week, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch up soon! Questions for Reflection In this canto we pause in the journey to listen to Virgil as he describes the moral landscape of hell. What are some surprising details about its arrangement? Why do you think Dante the Poet has designed his Inferno in such a way? I was surprised about how…
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Reflections: The Aeneid by Virgil - Chapters 1&2
Hello! I’m currently reading the Aeneid with the subreddit AYearOfMythology on reddit. I decided to post up my responses here on my blog as well as on the subreddit. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! (And I’m totally not procrastinating on doing the reflection questions of Dante’s The Divine Comedy 😛) I’m using the Robert Fagles translation. Question 1 – There are at least two events…
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100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy – Inferno: Canto 10
Hi everyone! I’m late with this post as I was struggling with the reflection questions (still am!) but I did my best. Enjoy! Questions for Reflection The sixth circle of hell is dedicated to the punishment of Heresy, a vice of the intellect and the will: it is obstinacy in error. There Dante meets the souls of the Epicurean philosophers who live eternally in burning tombs for having denied the…
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Check out my new blog post on Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto 7! I’m committing to trying to do the 100 Days of Dante this year, so this is my response to the reflection questions. If you’re interested, please check out my blog post!
Tried to make a beanie and sort of became a hat lmao. Colors inspired by Kanroji Mitsuri from Demon Slayer.
Just started learning to crochet not that long ago. I used a basic acrylic yarn and did three different basic techniques.