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The One Who Crossed the Styx Dry-Shod — Inferno, Canto 9

· October 10, 2026
The One Who Crossed the Styx Dry-Shod Inferno 9

After a canto of stalled threats — a Virgil who cannot open the gate, three Furies calling for Medusa, and a warning to the reader to look under the veil — the rescue finally arrives, and it arrives as weather: a crash of sound over the marsh, both banks shaking, a simile of wind tearing … Read more

The Gate That Would Not Open — Inferno, Canto 8

· October 10, 2026
The Gate That Would Not Open Inferno 8

Phlegyas’ boat rounds the last bend of the marsh and puts them out under iron walls, inside which Dante can already make out red domes glowing like metal taken from a forge; on the battlements more than a thousand angels rained down from heaven demand to know who this is who walks the kingdom of … Read more