Virgil Is the Embodiment of Wisdom and Reason in the Divine Comedy

Virgil is not at all parodied in the divine comedy. In fact, i would say it's exactly the opposite. He is revered and re imagined as this like superhuman zard for dante. For modern readers, that sense of injustice about virgil, that is interpreted by the characters in the inferno as perfect divine justice. This story is very probably untrue. But first, i wanted to explore some of the details. I was reading an article by george pendall in cabinet magazine in two thousand seven called virgil's fly. It describes the legend in the following way: Virgil built a tomb and held an extravagant funeral for a dead fly,. Like a fly,