Dante the pilgrim has already had one ecstatic vision as he stepped onto the third terrace of Purgatory proper. Now he has two more in quick succession.

We're able then to identify the sin or human failing for this terrace: anger (or wrath). And we're able to glean some very human answers Dante proposes to this very human failing.

Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we work through the second and third ecstatic vision at the start of the terrace of wrath.

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

[01:45] My English translation of the medieval Florentine. If you'd like to read along or continue the conversation, please find this episode on my website, markscarbrough.com.

[03:59] The sin or human failing for the third terrace identified by name: anger (or wrath).

[06:48] The second ecstatic vision: Pisistratus and his wife.

[14:49] The third ecstatic vision: the martyrdom of Stephen.

[17:57] The third vision ends with references to The Gospel Of Matthew, chapter 5, the source of the beatitudes in PURGATORIO.

[19:36] The antidote to anger: found in the countenance.

[22:40] Rereading this passage: PURGATORIO, Canto XV, lines 94 - 114.