Dante’s Characters: Part Two, Ulysses

A monologue on Dante’s Ulysses, the Homeric hero who, in Dante’s retelling, foregoes his return to Ithaca and opts instead to venture into the unknown and unpeopled world, at his own peril. Songs in this episode: “Winter Mind” by Robert Harrison, “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1” by Pink Floyd, and “Calypso” by Suzanne […]