prophecy-after-the-fact

The Exile Foretold — Inferno, Canto 10

· October 10, 2026
The Exile Foretold Inferno 10

Farinata has not moved while Cavalcante rose and fell beside him, and now he picks up the quarrel exactly where it broke off: the art of returning from exile, he tells Dante, is one the pilgrim will soon learn the weight of; then, after a sigh and a defence of the day he saved Florence, … Read more

Ciacco Sits Up in the Rain — Inferno, Canto 6

· October 10, 2026
Ciacco Sits Up in the Rain Inferno 6

Under a rain that beats the shades flat, the two travellers walk across bodies that are not bodies, and out of the whole prone field one soul hoists itself upright and demands to be recognised — and this glutton, whose sin never comes up again after four lines, is the mouth Dante chooses for the … Read more