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Roman epic poet in Purgatory whose ascent exposes Virgil's false claim that unbaptized merit cannot rise.
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Statius
Roman epic poet in Purgatory whose ascent exposes Virgil's false claim that unbaptized merit cannot rise.
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Statius's release is marked by an earthquake because the mountain celebrates when a soul has cleansed itself enough to enter heaven.
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Statius is an epic poet like Virgil and treats Virgil as holy fire, mother, and nurse of his own poetry.
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Statius proves Virgil was lying or wrong because Statius, another unbaptized Roman epic poet, can ascend to heaven while Virgil cannot.
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Statius can go to heaven because he wants to improve and admit flaws in his understanding; Virgil cannot because he refuses that introspection.
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"...a crown of myrtle. On earth my name is still remembered, Statius. I sang of Thebes and then of great Achilles. I fell along..."
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"So he's an epic poet, just like Virgil. The sparks that warm me, the seeds of my ardor were from the holy fire, the..."
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"...you have to be baptized in order to get into Heaven. Statius was not baptized, right? Statius is exactly like Virgil, a Roman epic..."
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"And more, just now have felt my free will for a better threshold. Thus, you have heard the earthquake and the pious spirits throughout..."
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"...Virgil is not. Does that make sense? And the reason why Statius is able to go to Heaven is Statius wants to, okay? He's..."
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"Virgil and Donna are climbing, and they meet a man named Statius, a poet, who has just expiated himself, okay? Who's just released himself..."
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The Divine Comedy does not defeat Virgil by denouncing him.
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