Canto XIII
The Poets enter a pathless Wood. Here, Harpies sit shrieking among the trees, which enclose the souls of Suicides. Pier delle Vigane tells Dante his story and also explains how these shades come to be changed into trees and what will happen to their bodies at the Last Day. The shades of two profligates rush through the wood, pursued and torn by black hounds. Dante speaks to a bush containing the soul of a Florentine.
Canto XIV
In the desert of Burning Sand, under a rain of perpetual fire, Dante finds the Violent against God, Nature, and Art. The Violent against God lie supine, facing the Heaven which they insulted; among these is Capaneus, blasphemous and defiant in death as in life. The Poets pick their way carefully between the forest and the hot sand till they come to the edge of a boiling, red stream. Here, Virgil explains the origin of all the rivers of Hell.
I apologize for the late post. At our house, we're currently coping with a mildly sick me, a significantly more sick toddler (not dangerous, just unpleasant) and a wife who had to stay up much of the night comforting said toddler. We're all okay, just inconvenienced. It may even be the dreaded Covid19, but I will not get tested unless I must for some reason, because being officially classified seems likely to bring on a host of unnecessary inconveniences.
Take care, folks. I'm hoping that after the election things will calm down somewhat. I said that 2020 was going to be wild because of the upcoming election, but Mother of God, I had no idea how bad it was going to be.
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