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Jiang uses Hippolytus as the classical template for Dante's unjust exile.
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Hippolytus
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Hippolytus was forced to leave his Athens because of his stepmother's faithless fears, and so must you depart from Florence."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Hippolytus was forced to leave his Athens because of his stepmother's faithless fears, and so must you depart from Florence."
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The quoted prophecy likens Dante to Hippolytus and announces that he too must leave his city unjustly.
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Jiang says the Hippolytus allusion means Dante will be exiled from Florence unjustly, wronged by forces he cannot stop, and caught in a larger providential plan.
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"Hippolytus was forced to leave his Athens because of his stepmother's faithless fears, and so must you depart from Florence."
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"Okay, so Hippolytus was the son of Theseus who was exiled unjustly. So the idea is that, yes, Dante, unfortunately when you go home,..."
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The seminar begins with line-by-line questions and expands into a larger claim: Dante matters because poetry trains imagination, vows turn hope into action, and faith, hope, and love stop meaning obedience and start meaning...
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