A useful outline of Dante's Inferno at: italianstudies.org

Great site on performance of tragic drama: Didaskalia

Excellent but at times technical information on the meters of ancient Greek poetry (PDF file will open): Aoidoi.org

For our first session on Dante's Inferno, be sure to read the following Cantos:

• Canto I: Dante as protagonist
• Canto II: Virgil as mentor
• Canto III: The vestibule
• Canto IV: Pity & fear
• Canto V: Paolo & Francesca
• Canto VIII: Sin & the city
• Canto XI: The structure of Hell
• Canto XXVI: Ulysses
• Canto XXX: Dante's disobedience

1. Tennyson's "Ulysses": masterpiece of Victorian poetry from poets.org
2. Homer Multitext: tracing textual history, including the Laurentianus manuscript of the Odyssey
3. Venetus A: the oldest surviving Iliad manuscript described on Wikipedia
4. Imaging the Iliad: an Iliad iOS app based on Venetus A
5. The Odyssey: film version with Armand Assante, information on IMDB