07. Inferno XIX, XXI, XXV, XXVI
Channel: openyalecourseselect
Date: 2012-12-11

In canto XXVI Dante meets Ulysses among the fraudulent counselors. Dante depicts Ulysses as a master of rhetoric, who speaks in a lofty language and is able to manipulate others. However, Ulysses, who violates all boundaries, represents also a point of reference for Dante's own poetic journey.