Our pilgrim has found himself in the dark of night, a time where he loses all effort on Mount Purgatory.

But don't get too sleepy, Dante. You can get run over by the slothful, all at a full gallop in a Bacchic frenzy.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we return to the plot after Virgil's discourses on love, here on the fourth terrace of Mount Purgatory.

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These are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:

[01:42] My English translation of the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, lines 76 - 96. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation with me, please find this episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[03:39] The complicated opening passage about the moon and the time of night.

[13:38] Virgil and the values of chivalry.

[16:41] Directionality and the penitents of Purgatory.

[20:32] The Bacchic penance of the slothful.

[23:12] The pilgrim's sleepy, poetic imagination.

[24:41] Rereading the passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XVIII, lines 76 - 96.