History-Makers: Dante

From the visionary creator who brought you the Self-Insert Fanfic comes... the invention of Worldbuilding and the most revolutionary literature in history? Woah, that was unexpected.
Grab your nearest Virgil, because we're about to dive into Dante's complex afterlife and learn how a Florentine poet used an ancient genre of poetry to kickstart what would become the Renaissance.
Further Reading: I would highly recommend Allen Mandelbaum's translation of the Divine Comedy (Bantam Classics makes it), specifically because it features an opposite-facing translation, so the English appears directly adjacent to the original Italian. Regardless of your familiarity with Italian, Dante's use of language is beautiful to listen to. It's also just a good translation in general. Please do yourself a favor and read through some Dante.
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  • @IJTRXModel
    @IJTRXModel4 жыл бұрын

    Popes: Dante: I diagnose you with Hell!

  • @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933

    @rezandrarizkyirianto-1933

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Simony I recommend treatment by Hell

  • @CollinMcLean

    @CollinMcLean

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rezandrarizkyirianto-1933 Didn't he say he was in the Apothecary's guild?

  • @gabrielwright-dunn9355

    @gabrielwright-dunn9355

    4 жыл бұрын

    Now that's what I call a sick burn.

  • @jasminemiller7485

    @jasminemiller7485

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielwright-dunn9355 May I recommend some ice to calm the burned area?

  • @shun-li8204

    @shun-li8204

    4 жыл бұрын

    Devil May Cry 4 circa 2013

  • @cruye9633
    @cruye96334 жыл бұрын

    Wow. It's not just a self insert fanfiction, it's a self insert crossover fanfiction.

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688

    @christianmoralesortiz4688

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well now!!!!

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688

    @christianmoralesortiz4688

    4 жыл бұрын

    AND THIS SELF INSERT FANFICTION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A VIDEO GAME AND ANIMATED MOVIE!!!!!!

  • @jonathangoh7508

    @jonathangoh7508

    4 жыл бұрын

    Self insert crossover fanfiction that also started worldbuilding

  • @christianmoralesortiz4688

    @christianmoralesortiz4688

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jonathangoh7508 WORD!!!!

  • @greenergrass4060

    @greenergrass4060

    4 жыл бұрын

    omg, legendary fan 😍

  • @skyler6987
    @skyler69874 жыл бұрын

    Dante: History's first popular fanfic writer. Now that's a legacy.

  • @hemidas

    @hemidas

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be Virgil actually. Aeneid is pretty much Odyssey 1.5

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gift fanfiction

  • @skyler6987

    @skyler6987

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hemidas I would say The Aeneid is more "History's first copyright infringement"

  • @derekskelton4187

    @derekskelton4187

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@skyler6987 So fanfiction that he sold....

  • @nohbuddy1

    @nohbuddy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gilgamesh

  • @Randomkitty74
    @Randomkitty744 жыл бұрын

    Dante was hating on the government and writing fanfic before it was cool. He truly was the original hipster.

  • @bryanc7094

    @bryanc7094

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    He even got the beanie

  • @Ringlord7

    @Ringlord7

    4 жыл бұрын

    Check out Ovid

  • @fernandotrevinocastro1018

    @fernandotrevinocastro1018

    3 жыл бұрын

    And a simp aparently

  • @Randomkitty74

    @Randomkitty74

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Vinnie P probably if we’re honest XD. That’s why I love Dante.

  • @calamusgladiofortior2814
    @calamusgladiofortior28144 жыл бұрын

    In fairness to Dante, “courtly love” was all the rage at the time. If you showed up to joust at some 14th century tournament *without* an unobtainable lady-love to dedicate your deeds to, the other knights would be like “Doust thou even chivalry, brother?”

  • @clockworkkirlia7475

    @clockworkkirlia7475

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if this was about that time! I seem to recall Morded showing up in Red's summary... I should really just read these, huh.

  • @allyvandergaast8746

    @allyvandergaast8746

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not to mention a lot of writers had courtly loves. Dickinson had Susan. Swift had Estella. And Aligari had Beatrice.

  • @kariscoyne1886

    @kariscoyne1886

    3 жыл бұрын

    honestly massive shoutout to fitzgerald for managing to literally marry his unobtainable courtly mistress and still somehow spend his life pining for her

  • @idiotically-everything

    @idiotically-everything

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kariscoyne1886 Ultimate simp

  • @gauthierruberti8065

    @gauthierruberti8065

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: while you can definitely consider Dante's love for Beatrice as "courtly love", it is more correct to say that it's an evolution of that, called "dolce stil novo". Like the courtly love, the dolce stil novo is about an impossible love, however it's a platonic love that has the sole purpose of getting the lover closer to god. The woman is considered a sort of angel so loving her is a true religious act

  • @renegard5442
    @renegard54424 жыл бұрын

    "absolute worst business trip in history." That guy that got nuked twice in Japan would probably disagree.

  • @jackielinde7568

    @jackielinde7568

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! That's not a commonly told story for most of the kids on the internet. I'm impressed. And I would have to agree. Funny thing is that guy ended up having a very long life.

  • @xenos12500

    @xenos12500

    4 жыл бұрын

    What's his name? I gotta hear this!

  • @Punaparta

    @Punaparta

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@xenos12500 Tsutomu Yamaguchi.

  • @TheObsidianX

    @TheObsidianX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jack Linde clearly the key to a long life is being slightly nuked every once in a while.

  • @phantasosxgames8488

    @phantasosxgames8488

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheObsidianX it's the true purgatorius ignis

  • @nurithegolden5755
    @nurithegolden57554 жыл бұрын

    What do you call hellish pasta? Al Dente's inferno bad joke I know

  • @hellothere5843

    @hellothere5843

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful joke

  • @calus7890

    @calus7890

    4 жыл бұрын

    NuriTheFury honestly I think it wasn’t horrible, it’s like broken pencil though, utterly pointless

  • @cyanbloo987

    @cyanbloo987

    4 жыл бұрын

    No no. It's good. Own your puns

  • @tildecorrera7697

    @tildecorrera7697

    4 жыл бұрын

    Incredibile

  • @unwantedmacguffin5611

    @unwantedmacguffin5611

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ayyyyyy

  • @ShahroozSmith
    @ShahroozSmith4 жыл бұрын

    Tolkien: I re-invented and revitalized the fantasy genre, humans, elves, dwarves, ogres, orcs, and dragons. Dante: Oh yeah? *Turns his red cap backward on his head and leans with arms folded* I practically reinvented the Christian Afterlife.

  • @Midorikonokami

    @Midorikonokami

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro

  • @aramkaizer7903

    @aramkaizer7903

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dante made it worse

  • @Sir_Bucket

    @Sir_Bucket

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aramkaizer7903 ok nerd

  • @azanyahyisrael101

    @azanyahyisrael101

    Жыл бұрын

    But I'm not going to lie in this case when this end up with them both shaking hands LMAO

  • @pinkhairvulcanus8153
    @pinkhairvulcanus81534 жыл бұрын

    "abandon hope, all ye who enter here," This is the slogan of our local bank when you're trying to apply for a cash loan.

  • @magyar_1949

    @magyar_1949

    4 жыл бұрын

    that's a good one because it's true

  • @johntarpley7216

    @johntarpley7216

    4 жыл бұрын

    You must use Bank of America. Hellish.

  • @kadijahamad9862

    @kadijahamad9862

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s actually funny

  • @Xalerdane

    @Xalerdane

    2 жыл бұрын

    “If you have already abandoned all hope, please disregard this notice.”

  • @Harith5

    @Harith5

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha😂

  • @VivaLaDnDLogs
    @VivaLaDnDLogs3 жыл бұрын

    "Non-Local Man Too Angry to Die" That's basically how I'm going to see Dante forever now.

  • @megajump454

    @megajump454

    Жыл бұрын

    Wacky woohoo pizza man adventures? Hello?

  • @slueepy1232

    @slueepy1232

    Жыл бұрын

    "YOU CANNOT KILL ME I AM OMEGA YOU CANNOT KILL ME I AM SUBHUMAN"

  • @cornerseeker9167
    @cornerseeker91673 жыл бұрын

    In Italy most high schoolers study the Divine Comedy for 3 years (some not so willingly). Here Dante’s fainting is a popular meme

  • @tsunderechan8160
    @tsunderechan81604 жыл бұрын

    My boy dante

  • @DanteTorn

    @DanteTorn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who are you calling boy?

  • @IRoIN100

    @IRoIN100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mill 3

  • @tsunderechan8160

    @tsunderechan8160

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dude dante is my boy

  • @vittoria3711

    @vittoria3711

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dante is IL NOSTRO boy

  • @disabledtaxi8689

    @disabledtaxi8689

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ayyyy

  • @riccardoleone4265
    @riccardoleone42654 жыл бұрын

    Philosophy is a girl because yet a that point in history Italian gives gender even to objects and abstract ideas, mostly on the basis of the final vowel. The Italian word for philosophy happened to be "filosofia", ending with an A, so in our language philosophy is a feminine word.

  • @mythosandlogos

    @mythosandlogos

    4 жыл бұрын

    Riccardo Leone There’s also a possible connection to Lady Wisdom in Solomon’s Biblical Proverbs.

  • @philippine2240

    @philippine2240

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it is the same in France :)

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Spanish does that too

  • @LordOfTheTermites

    @LordOfTheTermites

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep portuguese too

  • @naheleshiriki5496

    @naheleshiriki5496

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow that's that's amazing!...then why in Dante's hellish Inferno were women often depicted as hysterical at the time again?😁😥

  • @Setarko
    @Setarko4 жыл бұрын

    Poet, philosopher, politician, demon hunter. What a man!

  • @jeeBisOkay

    @jeeBisOkay

    4 жыл бұрын

    He really did have MOTIVATION

  • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jeeBisOkay Vergil (the writer): Why are you people like this? Vergil (alpha and Omega): You get used to it

  • @jeeBisOkay

    @jeeBisOkay

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec The writer's name is spelled Virgil, the DMC character's name is spelled Vergil

  • @jd3jefferson556

    @jd3jefferson556

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Tanjiro

  • @Zak-tk8wv

    @Zak-tk8wv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @irisvonpadoru830
    @irisvonpadoru8304 жыл бұрын

    Italian man self-inserts himself into his fanfic and became a historical figure but when I self-insert I'm a goddamn weirdo.

  • @Doralga

    @Doralga

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair Dante is a cool name however you should take note that Homer and Vergil didn't do the same and they we're ealier

  • @Lord_Of_Night

    @Lord_Of_Night

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Doralga Vergil did write crossover fiction though. Cough-Aeneid-cough

  • @BawonoSA173

    @BawonoSA173

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Lord_Of_Night but not a self insert

  • @Sevofthesands

    @Sevofthesands

    3 жыл бұрын

    you say this like people don't view Dante as a bit of a weirdo. you can be a historical goddamn weirdo.

  • @Felix-wq2ec

    @Felix-wq2ec

    3 жыл бұрын

    What kind of SI are you talking about? Dante had himself go through what is essentially unexplored territory of canon. That's like writing an MLP fanfic that isn't situated in Equestria.

  • @TheEmm4lpha
    @TheEmm4lpha4 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Not only Dante was married, his wife was part of the Donati family, which led the Black Guelphs. And Dante somehow had a fairly good relationship with some members of her family, in spite of their role in the exiling him. The two of them also had children, two of which helped him write the Commedy, and became among the first to write a Commentaries explaining it. Altough at one point in the Paradise, not even they know what their father was actually ranting about.

  • @caodogao4327
    @caodogao43274 жыл бұрын

    Dude... Imagine you die, and later in the afterlife, you realise some creep wrote three-books worthy of fanfic about their "'relationship'" with them? Yikes... Poor Beatrice, man.

  • @Healermain15

    @Healermain15

    4 жыл бұрын

    And also it became a massive hit and was read by tens of thousands of people for centuries afterwards. Yay.

  • @GurrenPrime

    @GurrenPrime

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is it bad that before reading your last sentence, I thought this was about Vergil-senpai?

  • @mrmcawesome9746

    @mrmcawesome9746

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@GurrenPrime Honestly, it applies to both.

  • @calamusgladiofortior2814

    @calamusgladiofortior2814

    4 жыл бұрын

    Google the definition of “courtly love.” It will make a lot more sense. The whole thing was very much within the social norms of the time. The whole point was she was distant and unobtainable, thus his “love” was chaste and pure. But by modern standards, yeah it’s creepy.

  • @42Caio

    @42Caio

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, I've heard from historians that Beatrice and Dante did exchange letters for a period, even if they seldom saw each other. Didn't they...? Blue didn't mention anything of the sort so now I'm a bit confused.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache4 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised that why he wasn't portrayed as a demon wearing a red cape while having white hair and wielding two pistols

  • @biliminsrlar5752

    @biliminsrlar5752

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why are you everywhere?And this is almost my 100th time asking this to you.

  • @silkworm2595

    @silkworm2595

    4 жыл бұрын

    With a cheap slice of pizza hanging out of his mouth

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@silkworm2595 Pizza is too recent. He was fond of unsalted bread

  • @jasonsilvernail1450

    @jasonsilvernail1450

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@biliminsrlar5752 What are you talking about? This is just some random dude without a mustache.

  • @biliminsrlar5752

    @biliminsrlar5752

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jasonsilvernail1450 *He is everywhere*

  • @9-bitfox
    @9-bitfox4 жыл бұрын

    "Was Ruled by the Emperor and Spiritually ruled by the Pope" Yoda: Trouble this is

  • @seneca983

    @seneca983

    4 жыл бұрын

    Then they went to war over a wooden bucket.

  • @eazy8579

    @eazy8579

    3 жыл бұрын

    seneca983 Well, they needed to say it was about something

  • @Kunailover101
    @Kunailover1014 жыл бұрын

    Dante: The creator and patron saint of fanfiction and world building. Fight me.

  • @Janoha17

    @Janoha17

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Arthurian "Canon" would have something to say about the former. (Just watch Red's video on the Arthurian Mythos)

  • @lkcdarzadix6216

    @lkcdarzadix6216

    4 жыл бұрын

    What's to fight you speak the truth, now imagine him as a DM

  • @coyotegaxiola4281
    @coyotegaxiola42814 жыл бұрын

    "I miss Florence almost as much as I hate everyone in it!" This is why I watch you, Blue.

  • @OverHaze
    @OverHaze4 жыл бұрын

    (NOT) Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

  • @certifyundeadrose1679

    @certifyundeadrose1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    *[Sad devil triggers music]*

  • @BawonoSA173

    @BawonoSA173

    4 жыл бұрын

    But may or may not featuring Dante from _Dante's Inferno_

  • @Mr.Faust3

    @Mr.Faust3

    4 жыл бұрын

    They also have Vergil

  • @lyraspasar649

    @lyraspasar649

    4 жыл бұрын

    This party is no longer getting crazy

  • @danialthe420

    @danialthe420

    4 жыл бұрын

    "nymm muther noises" Easy mode is now selectable BROTHER

  • @toanuva6178
    @toanuva61784 жыл бұрын

    *BLESS ME WITH YOUR GIFT OF LIGHT*

  • @abadtime3113

    @abadtime3113

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Feel the sorrow the light has swallowed*

  • @abadtime3113

    @abadtime3113

    4 жыл бұрын

    *DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH*

  • @toanuva6178

    @toanuva6178

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Killed before, a time to kill them all*

  • @DCHunterxx

    @DCHunterxx

    4 жыл бұрын

    *PASSED DOWN BY THE RIGHTEOUS LAW*

  • @kabob0077

    @kabob0077

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Serve a justice that dwells in me*

  • @alessiovalle3718
    @alessiovalle37184 жыл бұрын

    "the first 15 minutes of the lecture that no one pays attention to" Me, an italian: yeah right *_15_* minutes

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ayee, Scientific here, 2 hours a week

  • @giulicrys8553

    @giulicrys8553

    4 жыл бұрын

    classicists unite and rIOT

  • @margheritaparacini802

    @margheritaparacini802

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@giulicrys8553 [pat pat]

  • @giovannidugo7594

    @giovannidugo7594

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@margheritaparacini7729 ended Dante this year at scientific, and I had it at the exam. My god what a relief to having ended it

  • @thomasluckau9482
    @thomasluckau94824 жыл бұрын

    I must say, I freaked out when he said Beatrice. I read Lemony Snicket as a kid, and still read them sometimes, and only watching this video did I realize that Snicket dedicating each book to and mourning over a dead Beatrice throughout is a clear reference and connection to Dante. Cool!

  • @snailman7989
    @snailman79892 жыл бұрын

    "Devils never cry" -Dante to the pope

  • @superjosue64

    @superjosue64

    Жыл бұрын

    Somewhat out there a *devil may cry* after losing a loved one

  • @biliminsrlar5752
    @biliminsrlar57524 жыл бұрын

    I was hating him for throwing random people to hell in his books but now I hate him less after learning his life.

  • @nicolebee3283

    @nicolebee3283

    4 жыл бұрын

    The most mad one in my opinion is Mohammed being in hell

  • @biliminsrlar5752

    @biliminsrlar5752

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolebee3283 he's a Christian so yeah.

  • @marekwygnany924

    @marekwygnany924

    4 жыл бұрын

    *random* yeah...

  • @manooxi327

    @manooxi327

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nicolebee3283 oh wow, news to me!

  • @matteomellozzini4392

    @matteomellozzini4392

    4 жыл бұрын

    I study Italian Literature at University, so, since you hate him less after knowing about his life, you are about to know another fun fact about it: People usually tend to confuse "Dante Character" with "Dante Person" and since the first one allways passes away they think that the second one also was some sort of crying b*tch. In reality, after being exiled from Florence he spent his life running arround Italy not because he didn't want to stay put in one place, but because he was such the mad lad he got exailed from allmost every city he entered

  • @PatrickCervantez
    @PatrickCervantez4 жыл бұрын

    If Dante Alighieri was alive during the papacy of Alexander VI, the sin of lust would probably be in one of the lower circles of hell.

  • @katrinastorm5907

    @katrinastorm5907

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same I was thanking of the Show the Borgias for this in particular. Yeaahhh big yikes

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.04 жыл бұрын

    _"It ain't called 'Divine Comedy' a comedy because Dante got jokes. You see me laughing?"_ *~ Thug Notes*

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    "And he made of his butt a trumpet"

  • @det.bullock4461

    @det.bullock4461

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, he wrote down why he called it that. Keep in mind that at the time knowledge of Greek was still spotty in Italy and he called it "Commedia" just to say it's a "reverse tragedy" as in: a tragedy starts chill and then everything goes downhill while his poem started in hell and climbed back to paradise.

  • @elias.t

    @elias.t

    4 жыл бұрын

    Comedy used to mean 'just about any story with a happy ending'. The Divine Comedy ends with Dante meeting God and finding out that he's chill. That's a pretty happy ending I would say.

  • @theodorepinnock1517
    @theodorepinnock15174 жыл бұрын

    Not only did Dante's writings make Italian the dominant literary language of Europe, it led to the Tuscan dialect becoming the dominant form of Italian - modern Italian is basically Tuscan.

  • @johnvinals7423
    @johnvinals74234 жыл бұрын

    Dante is such a relatable poet because he feels like an angry Millennial transposed into Italy centuries before Millennials existed. Politically active, angry and tired as fuck, fed up with the political system in which they grew up, angry relationship with a person they only kinda now, obsessed with remixing the stories he loved as a kid with his own OCs and headcanons...he'd fit right in on Tumblr and/or AO3.

  • @phoenixshadow6633
    @phoenixshadow66334 жыл бұрын

    I fear in a couple hundred years, the fanfics we write, My Immortal, will end up studied in classrooms.

  • @amehak1922

    @amehak1922

    4 жыл бұрын

    victor hoang especially 50 shades of grey lol

  • @Janoha17

    @Janoha17

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is a school of thought that My Immortal was a parody of the common fanfics and tropes of the time. The works being parodied, alas, have been lost to the tides of the early internet.

  • @em5522

    @em5522

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh, that's a fearsom thought. To imagine that something like all those Y/N works in wattpad could be one day be used by future generations to study the culture and society of today. (°-°)

  • @albertamalachi3560

    @albertamalachi3560

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Janoha17 It actually _kinda_ was.

  • @cadenbyrne3979

    @cadenbyrne3979

    4 жыл бұрын

    So let’s learn about omega verse kids

  • @thesilvermario99
    @thesilvermario994 жыл бұрын

    Featuring Dante from 13th century Italy

  • @TornaitSuperBird

    @TornaitSuperBird

    4 жыл бұрын

    Clattertrap this is amazing

  • @justina3901
    @justina39014 жыл бұрын

    "Eternal damnation has never been so scenic!" - Blue, 2019

  • @kylenicholson6391
    @kylenicholson63914 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes i forget that this channel was started by two young adults in college, and its grown into a brand with two friends who work very well together ❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE OSP

  • @jonathanfaber3291
    @jonathanfaber32914 жыл бұрын

    I sure have seen her summaries. that Purgatorio scream still haunts me

  • @lucasbeck1391

    @lucasbeck1391

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eyes?

  • @shelbyryder1910
    @shelbyryder19104 жыл бұрын

    An inspirational guy, to be sure. After all, if this guy can walk through hell and make it out alive then surely I can make it through my Economics final

  • @tinyfoxpaw6670

    @tinyfoxpaw6670

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @jackielinde7568

    @jackielinde7568

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would say, "Yeah, but he was a bit of a mary sue." However, as Blue pointed out, Dante was a bit of a jerk in Hell and only started cleaning up his act in Purgatory.

  • @magyar_1949

    @magyar_1949

    4 жыл бұрын

    this isn't super related but whatever. I saw this meme of a paper somewhere that said "if internet Explorer is brave enough to ask to be your default browser, you can ask that girl out."

  • @RoseAlchemist22
    @RoseAlchemist224 жыл бұрын

    Blue: starts a lecture about anything to do with history Me: plopping my ass down in that seat notebook and pen ready Bring it!

  • @nikitamalikov6683
    @nikitamalikov66834 жыл бұрын

    Those damn Florentines, changing the flow of history again

  • @epicalexfurry4377
    @epicalexfurry43774 жыл бұрын

    I find it funny how Dante managed to get away with a self-insert even into today

  • @h0m3st4r

    @h0m3st4r

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, his self-insert was more a bystander than an actual protagonist.

  • @epicalexfurry4377

    @epicalexfurry4377

    4 жыл бұрын

    h0m3st4r understandable

  • @goldenspiral6008
    @goldenspiral60084 жыл бұрын

    Kinzo Ushiromiya: Beatoriiiiicheeeee! Dante Alighieri: This guy gets it.

  • @joaolucasms1

    @joaolucasms1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, I see you are a consumer of fine culture.

  • @yoarozu
    @yoarozu4 жыл бұрын

    09:42 "Get rekt, Your Holiness" 😂😂

  • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    2 жыл бұрын

    “But getting to drop the distract on a self absorbed being AS YOU. Is a sweet blessing” Dante Alegeri

  • @unwantedmacguffin5611
    @unwantedmacguffin56114 жыл бұрын

    Yay! My favorite fan-ficton author! Thanks Blue!

  • @florecnd7588
    @florecnd75884 жыл бұрын

    "H.R.E organized" Yeah, yeah totally believe it.

  • @Paje99
    @Paje993 жыл бұрын

    Hi, italian literature student from Bologna here. I only wanted to say thank you for this video. It really made me remember why the "Divina Commedia" (fun fact: called "Divina" only after Boccaccio read it for the people in 1350) is one of the finest pieces of literature in the world history.

  • @Tevo-sf8nc
    @Tevo-sf8nc4 жыл бұрын

    Being real here. Blue and Red you are both treasures, you have renewed my interest in the subjects of history and myth, and you have made me more reassured than ever that i can succeed in my pursuit of writing. thank you both and please never change.

  • @jouheikisaragi6075
    @jouheikisaragi60754 жыл бұрын

    Featuring Dante from the Divine Comedy

  • @Hypersaiyanike
    @Hypersaiyanike4 жыл бұрын

    Bone Face the 8th

  • @marcolu5395

    @marcolu5395

    4 жыл бұрын

    skeleton visage the octenth

  • @vittoria3711

    @vittoria3711

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bonifacio ottavo

  • @millardfillmore2869

    @millardfillmore2869

    4 жыл бұрын

    Boney Face

  • @mythosandlogos
    @mythosandlogos4 жыл бұрын

    I’m so happy for this! Dante became one of my favorite authors of all time after listening to the fantastic Ancient World podcast which did a line-by-line study of the Divine Comedy. His idea of increasingly beautiful reflections of divinity really shaped my understanding of the world. Particularly the section in Paradiso about the Moon.

  • @IsTheGameOver
    @IsTheGameOver4 жыл бұрын

    Dante basically laid the foundations for the Italian language, then Alessandro Manzoni picked up his idea and wrote "I Promessi Sposi" to finish building it. Only took him 20 years to write it.

  • @AnaxErik4ever
    @AnaxErik4ever3 жыл бұрын

    Dante knew what was up, providing scathing commentary on politics, religion, and society long before the Internet was even a thing. And of course, both Virgil and he have their names immortalized as one of the greatest pairs of siblings in video game history, but you only really get the literary legacy connection when you consider V reading William Blake's poetry in Devil May Cry 5. Blake took inspiration from Milton, who in turn took inspiration from Dante, for the religious subtext and overt references in their bodies of work; I learned about this 'literary bloodline' when reading "Inferno" for fun, and "Paradise Lost" and Songs of Innocence and Experience for classes, when I was in college. Great job Blue. The long awaited historical context to Red's coverage of Dante's Divine Comedy is finally here.

  • @PerverseMilk
    @PerverseMilk4 жыл бұрын

    OSP: Does Dante Me: Jackpot

  • @ZearthGJL
    @ZearthGJL4 жыл бұрын

    Dante huh? "Jackpot!"

  • @WhaleManMan
    @WhaleManMan4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine some dude sees you twice and makes you a character in classical literature.

  • @micahcorominas
    @micahcorominas4 жыл бұрын

    Dante is psychotic and I’m LIVING FOR IT

  • @DanteTorn

    @DanteTorn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Trying living WITH it.

  • @drdrumbas2804
    @drdrumbas28044 жыл бұрын

    OSP: makes a video about Dante Me: This... does put a smile on my face

  • @Arausito
    @Arausito4 жыл бұрын

    THIS PARTY IS GETTING CRAZY!!!!

  • @jasonsilvernail1450

    @jasonsilvernail1450

    4 жыл бұрын

    JACKPOT!

  • @granmustdie

    @granmustdie

    4 жыл бұрын

    LET'S ROCK!

  • @danialthe420

    @danialthe420

    4 жыл бұрын

    "HIYAAAH" Stinger intensifies

  • @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    @KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

    2 жыл бұрын

    Come on baby, Come get me!

  • @golikogoliko1850
    @golikogoliko18504 жыл бұрын

    I care little for historical people, but blue's enthusiasm makes me care. It's so wonderful.

  • @OuterRing
    @OuterRing4 жыл бұрын

    I love me some Devil May Cry Lore

  • @certifyundeadrose1679

    @certifyundeadrose1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @NoobPTFO
    @NoobPTFO4 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, my favorite fictional and totally not historical character, Dante, from a video game titled Dante’s inferno!

  • @certifyundeadrose1679

    @certifyundeadrose1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or from the Devil May Cry series

  • @jacthing1

    @jacthing1

    28 күн бұрын

    Quite a fun game.

  • @aalekhine8104
    @aalekhine81044 жыл бұрын

    He protec He attac He can make iconic books that have you in hell Don't get on his bac

  • @CrazyGamerDragon64
    @CrazyGamerDragon644 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Blue for making this video, I wanted to learn more about Dante & you & Red are the best at explaining history & literature in a clear & concise manner

  • @nervatraianus
    @nervatraianus4 жыл бұрын

    In Italy, we're required to study Dante and to read the Divina Commedia (and his other works) in high school. Back then it seemed like a useless torture, but looking back it's a wonderful thing and I'm really happy they made us do that. These videos are wonderful my friend. Thanks for sharing these things with the world!

  • @Oculunus
    @Oculunus3 жыл бұрын

    I have never thought of "Divine Comedy" in terms of it's literary importance, but it really is incredible. I am no expert, so very likely I'm missing a lot of other works, but it would seem "Divine Comedy" is one of the first, if not the first, pieces of literature that place its story in an entirely fantastical setting, since all of the previous important epics, poems etc. simply contain their story within the mundane world, with maybe some divine intervention here and there to spice it up a little.

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache4 жыл бұрын

    Bless me with your gift of Blue Righteous cause on history video!

  • @ln6373
    @ln63734 жыл бұрын

    goddamnit blue, how dare you make me actually respect dante (since i love the fact that the divine comedy was a self-insert fanfic) still, great video, love your content!

  • @horricule451
    @horricule4514 жыл бұрын

    Man who knew Devil May Cry had such complex lore?

  • @EggziztenselyThroughoutLife
    @EggziztenselyThroughoutLife4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody; Me; *WHERE IS THE "FEATURING DANTE FROM DEVIL MAY CRY" JOKE???*

  • @BioniclesaurKing4t2

    @BioniclesaurKing4t2

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would happen if Red had done the video.

  • @AroAceGamer
    @AroAceGamer4 жыл бұрын

    I freaking love Dante and his Divine Comedy. Too bad I could never get through Paradiso. Guess Heaven just isn't as exciting as Hell and Purgatory.

  • @JamesWilson-vr3ql

    @JamesWilson-vr3ql

    4 жыл бұрын

    I had the same problem. I missed Virgil. Unlike signore Alighieri, I didn't give a ram's damn about Beatrice.

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's the Latin

  • @lirazel6414

    @lirazel6414

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, you guys, try again. You're missing so much... St. Dominic and St. Francis singing each other's praises in the Heaven of Saturn... All the great warriors forming a screaming eagle and speaking with many voices but a single voice in the Heaven of Neptune... the field of flowers with the glittering bees...

  • @albertamalachi3560

    @albertamalachi3560

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lirazel6414 When I reread Dante's Paradiso, all I could think was, "This dude was high when he wrote this."

  • @phoenixfritzinger9185

    @phoenixfritzinger9185

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s one of those things that you kinda need to experience while high to fully enjoy

  • @angryhierophant2060
    @angryhierophant20602 жыл бұрын

    Me, who studied Dante's life for years and read the comedy infinite times in the original form: ah yes, mad long nose boi is finally potraied properly

  • @nigermessor7
    @nigermessor74 жыл бұрын

    As a literature major in Italy, I can't do anything but to applaud you and your research

  • @alexandercarlson9377
    @alexandercarlson93774 жыл бұрын

    4:24 And that's what we love you for, Blue.

  • @christianbuffum-robbins8904
    @christianbuffum-robbins89044 жыл бұрын

    Dante: "Oh yeah? Just wait until I write you in my fanfic! You'll be *sorry*!"

  • @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556
    @canadianhappyinitalytruest65563 жыл бұрын

    This has helped my elementary school kids SO MUCH as they've started studying Dante this week here in Italy. Puts it in context and makes us all chuckle. Thank you!!! We will check out your other videos, too!

  • @Xalerdane

    @Xalerdane

    3 ай бұрын

    ... You _do_ know that 'elementary school' means ages 4 to 10 in English, right? That seems a bit young to be reading something as long and old as the _Divine Comedy._ Like, we don't force our kids to read Shakespeare until they're at least 13.

  • @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556

    @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, I am Canadian, fully aware of what elementary school age is… don’t worry :) strangely, Italian school systems do start reading Dante in grade 4 and 5… that’s why I was so happy to find this video to help them (and also me, tbh) understand it in a different way.

  • @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556

    @canadianhappyinitalytruest6556

    3 ай бұрын

    As an aside: my daughter’s teacher was great tho, she said, see, we have slowly read this big part of Dante and understood it, now you know that you should not be afraid of approaching “big” works of art! Not sure how my second kids teacher is gonna approach reading it this year but hopefully in a nice, accessible way.

  • @redwolf121990
    @redwolf121990 Жыл бұрын

    Jacabo Alighieri: Mama, I have a question. Gemma Donati: Yes, my son? Jacabo: So I just heard father's epic poem, the Divine Comedy- Gemma: No, my first name is not Beatrice. Your father knew her as a child. No I am not bitter about her being his divine love instead of me. You know, the one that bore his children.

  • @childeater7327
    @childeater73274 жыл бұрын

    Chucked the Pope in his cringe comp

  • @carterl369

    @carterl369

    4 жыл бұрын

    Childeater this caught my breath.

  • @heinoustentacles5719

    @heinoustentacles5719

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carterl369 for real

  • @starmaker75
    @starmaker754 жыл бұрын

    Featuring Dante from devil may cry series.

  • @certifyundeadrose1679

    @certifyundeadrose1679

    4 жыл бұрын

    The only first comment to posting this reference I approve of *this*

  • @davidlandlord
    @davidlandlord2 ай бұрын

    i love this guy how he reads and narrates every story ... funny with amazing voice ❤

  • @irelandkirkpatrick6872
    @irelandkirkpatrick68724 жыл бұрын

    I hadn’t came to this channel for years and I am so happy I remembered this earlier today!!

  • @670HP-Package-NOW
    @670HP-Package-NOW4 жыл бұрын

    The first great fanfiction writer

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @succubastard1019

    @succubastard1019

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Pecu Alex Or most Tragedy/Comedy writer in Ancient Greexe, really.

  • @Atlas-pn6jv
    @Atlas-pn6jv3 жыл бұрын

    Beatrice: "I don't even know who you are!" Dante: "You will..."

  • @sball1990rack
    @sball1990rack4 жыл бұрын

    Keep it up. Loooove your content and excited to see what the next year comes out with.

  • @Ringlord7
    @Ringlord74 жыл бұрын

    Merry christmas Blue! OSP is my favourite channel on all of youtube!

  • @GodittoC
    @GodittoC4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dante, does people that abandon their dogs because they're too old go to hell?

  • @Amberpawn

    @Amberpawn

    4 жыл бұрын

    *checks notes on Caina* Yes.

  • @GodittoC

    @GodittoC

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good, good.

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, deepest part, since it counts as betrayal

  • @Amberpawn

    @Amberpawn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Betrayal of Family... It's worse if they were 'guests'

  • @margheritaparacini7729

    @margheritaparacini7729

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Amberpawn well, family should be used to your bullshit (glares at Ugo)

  • @carlociotola7137
    @carlociotola71374 жыл бұрын

    2:11 a little nitpicky thing to point out, but actually the name of the factions are written as "guelfi" instead of "guelphi". Every other bit of the video is spot on and sincere congratulations to you, because that's the best italian pronunciation I've heard from a foreigner.

  • @davidfabella1
    @davidfabella14 жыл бұрын

    I found OSP while looking for info regarding the Divine Comedy, subbed ever since, glad to know we finally got a vid on Dante himself

  • @joshuajackson530
    @joshuajackson5304 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the vid! I’m currently reading the divine comedy and it’s nice to see a video on it. Also I’m reading Allen mandelbaum’s translation and it’s nice to see you recommend it.

  • @kieronireikets7884
    @kieronireikets78843 жыл бұрын

    Okay, I thought Red had Dante wearing a red coat as a DMC joke, but all those paintings hAve him wearing red to identify him, which is pretty cool.

  • @arlisbloxer05
    @arlisbloxer054 жыл бұрын

    The lack of at least one devil may cry reference in this just seems like untapped hilarity

  • @ItalianBro101
    @ItalianBro1014 жыл бұрын

    One of my Nonno's best friends loves Dante. I learnt through him all the pieces of the literature and the framework of the Dante's life. Thanks for condensing it down to help me understand it.

  • @clockworkkirlia7475
    @clockworkkirlia74753 жыл бұрын

    This is a fantastic video, and I'd never really realised just how influential Dante is.

  • @sweetbutdeadly123
    @sweetbutdeadly1234 жыл бұрын

    I wish I can sing with red and learn with blue. That would be a dream.

  • @EmilioReyes_97
    @EmilioReyes_974 жыл бұрын

    I always interpreted The Inferno as an allegory for redeeming yourself for past sins. Being lost in the wilderness off the narrow beaten path. I understand that might be better suited for The Purgatory but this idea helped me at a time when I was younger in highschool, for the sake of being a better person (and being worthy of girl no less XD). I identified alot with Dante. "The girl" thing didnt really work out but, I learned about self love too, so hay I may have 1 up on Dante :)!

  • @luissantiago5163
    @luissantiago51634 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Love the uploads. Cheers

  • @existinghuman4069
    @existinghuman40694 жыл бұрын

    Red’s videos made me want to get the divine comedy and I got it for Christmas so heck yeah and now I know more of the background behind it so HECK YEAH

  • @HackerWarrior84
    @HackerWarrior844 жыл бұрын

    That statue of him in the preview image really captured his essence. I mean, that is a look that says "Oh yeah? Well, I'm writing you into my afterlife fan-fiction, and I'm gonna have demons torment you in hell!".

  • @reyonXIII
    @reyonXIII4 жыл бұрын

    6:27 So Dante's namesake was the ACTUAL dead weight

  • @lyraspasar649

    @lyraspasar649

    4 жыл бұрын

    now dante must feel hypocritical after what he said to Nero...

  • @Mika-hw4ge
    @Mika-hw4ge4 жыл бұрын

    I literally just finished watching the video for Paradiso for the millionth time when I saw that Dante video and went "huh, I didn't know Blue also talked about Dante! I wonder how long I've been sleeping on that" and then found out that it was posted 25 minutes ago Great timing!

  • @daisybrain9423
    @daisybrain94234 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas, Blue and Red!

  • @alicemosca4873
    @alicemosca48734 жыл бұрын

    as someone who has studied dante for yeaars i wanna add, for your hypothetical pleasure, that dante WAS offered to come back to Florence, but only IF he confessed to the "crimes" the guelfi neri invented to get him exiled in the first place: as you may immagine after this whole video, dante strongly refused the offer multiple times also, nobody cares, but the meetings with the love of his life were strategically put at symbolic dates as a metaphor for beatrice's perfectness! the guy planned it all