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In Paradiso 33, Dante mentions nobility, generosity and humility which were all characteristics found in the epics we read earlier in the semester #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@cnord6 @kellen_wilkin @KeelyEshenbaugh I think Dante did a good job of giving us a solid description of both sides #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@AlexandraDash2 But the lectures made it seem like Beatrice was the love of his life when in fact as soon as she died “he had given himself to others” #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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The Divine Comedy was filled with a lot of depth because everything was filled with symbolic value. Lucifer’s 3 heads representing the Trinity is an example of this #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@bdavisunr Me too, I didn’t expect the final circles to be cold and full of ice with frozen traitors #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@Gilga_Matt @AncientHolly201 I also thought this was kind of confusing because Dante also promised to open Alberigo’s eyes but lied and didn’t #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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I was really surprised to find every poet we’ve learned about along with some epic heroes in the First Circle of Hell #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@GabbyBrito2 @JazzJohnson20 I was really surprised to see the gods referred to as “false and lying” #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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@Christo00068372 The even crazier part is that Virgil is only helping Dante out because Beatrice was pretty and told him to. #divc0m #ch1208 #ch1002

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Although Marco Polo’s travel narrations are very detailed, I find it hard to believe it was accurate because he says “you may take it for a fact” and then goes on to talk about finding unicorns in India. #mrcopolo #ch1208 #ch1002

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@hg_ch201 I agree, he also doesn’t seem to have experienced a lot of hardship on his travels because the places he went to were all beautiful and had extravagant goods like spices and silk. #mrcopolo #ch1208 #ch1002

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@hg_ch201 @sjaellas Marco Polo had probably never seen tattoos before until he met the people of Zar-dandan, that’s why he went in depth to describe the black dots they had tattooed. It must of been such a strange thing for him. #mrcopolo #ch1208 #ch1002

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I found it strange how Kubilai Khan didn’t want to convert to Christianity because he thought it would make him less powerful, while others converted because they thought it would make them more powerful #ch1208 #ch1002 #mrcopolo

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@GriffinSeufert @cnord6 @KeelyEshenbaugh It seems like Marco Polo is the first traveler we’ve read about who seems to actually be comfortable with the people he’s traveling with #mrcopolo #ch1208 #ch1002

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@StormyLewis18 “Moderate height, limbs modeled in due proportion, the eyes black and handsome” I can see why you imagined this😂 #mrcopolo #ch1208 #ch1002

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I can see why The Travels of Sir John Mandeville was so popular, the descriptions of griffons, parrots, fish and dragons were very interesting. #mand3v1ll3 #ch1208 #ch1002

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@sw060699 Mandeville even bashes his own people when he said “in this they show more devotion then we do, who are hardly confessed and absolved once in a year” #mand3v1ll3 #ch1208 #ch1002

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@sw060699 @roedwilm Cannibalism was also mentioned with the half man half horse hippopotami that would also eat men, not sure how that makes sense? #mand3v1ll3 #ch1208 #ch1002

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The epic digression about Hippocrates’ dragon daughter was the most interesting and most upsetting digression I’ve found in The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. #ch1208 #1002 #mand3v1ll3

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@mangelined1 If that’s so, at least he was educated enough to know about all these far places and people #ch1208 #ch1002 #mand3v1ll3